#1158·shiori

Non-Admin users cannot use Web Extension - 403 forbidden healthcheck

Author: skomaeCreated Oct 15, 2025Updated Oct 17, 2025
Labelstype:bugcomponent:backend

Data

  • Shiori version: 1.8.0
  • Database Engine: SQLite
  • Operating system: Linux
  • CLI/Web interface/Web Extension: Shiori by fmartingr

Describe the bug / actual behavior

With a non-admin user:

Login from Manage Extension (Firefox) works fine, however clicking the extension to bookmark a page results in Cannot reach Shiori server: Server health check failed: 403 Forbidden

Same extension and service setup works correctly with an admin user.

Expected behavior

Non-admin user should be able to trigger extension to bookmark page.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Create a non-admin user
  2. In Firefox, right-click Shiori extension and select Manage
  3. Login as non-admin user
  4. Verify that login was successful
  5. Navigate elsewhere and click Shiori extension to open bookmark
  6. Observe error "Server health check failed: 403 Forbidden"

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