Re: "Ha, somebody's crawler is very confused by redirects: […"

In: u/skyjake

Doesn't surprise me at all. Apparently, the Gemini protocol is so damn complex that no one can correctly write a client it seems.

It was because of seriousl mishandling of redirects that I just took down the Gemini Client Torture Test I had. NO ONE could deal with redirects properly.

👽 spc476

Apr 21 · 2 weeks ago

2 Later Comments ↓

🚀 stack · Apr 21 at 22:41:

we should collect IP addresses and habits of crawlers, when there's nothing better to do.

👻 ps · Apr 22 at 18:30:

Just crabs; sometimes they similarly get stuck on audio streams.

🌆 skyjake [...]

Ha, somebody's crawler is very confused by redirects: [preformatted] Getting a couple of these per second at the moment.

💬 3 comments · Apr 21 · 2 weeks ago