Title: False broken link with error-code 400
Last modified: June 5, 2021

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# False broken link with error-code 400

 *  Resolved [Tooni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tooni/)
 * (@tooni)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-broken-link-with-error-code-400/)
 * Every two or three days I’m getting false broken link with error code 400 (Bad
   Request). They are all from the same website and look like this example:
 * [https://rvrecht.deutsche-rentenversicherung.de/SharedDocs/rvRecht/01_GRA_SGB/05_SGB_V/gra_sgb005_p_0005.html](https://rvrecht.deutsche-rentenversicherung.de/SharedDocs/rvRecht/01_GRA_SGB/05_SGB_V/gra_sgb005_p_0005.html)
 * After clicking on “no error” the message disappear, but will come back a few 
   days later.
    Can you give some advise on how to get rid of this?
 * Thank you, Tooni

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 *  Plugin Support [Patrick – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport12/)
 * (@wpmudevsupport12)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-broken-link-with-error-code-400/#post-14525575)
 * Hi [@tooni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tooni/)
 * Sorry to hear you are having this issue.
 * The Broken Link checker will ping the URL and return the status that the service
   reply to it, I was able to replicate the 400 on this link and I pinged the developers
   to check why this is happening.
 * In the meanwhile, I suggest bypassing the links from this website adding them
   to the exclusion list:
    [https://monosnap.com/file/yEYLsmzn5DFaDBN300FOYkdH9XS7iz](https://monosnap.com/file/yEYLsmzn5DFaDBN300FOYkdH9XS7iz)
 * We will update once hearing back from the developer.
    Best Regards Patrick Freitas
 *  Plugin Support [Patrick – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport12/)
 * (@wpmudevsupport12)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-broken-link-with-error-code-400/#post-14525664)
 * Hi [@tooni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tooni/)
 * Let me follow on this
 * Our developer checked it and indeed the link is not broken but when we try to
   request, the service returns a 400 status:
 *     ```
       HTTP/1.1 303 See Other
       Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2021 17:47:33 GMT
       Server: Apache
       Set-Cookie: DRVB2-S=$xc/XLiTjqhyKer431GnEWo3IiM01bCqAZToi6W4kOeYKcWCFsaT; Path=/; Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=None
       Content-Length: 123
       Location: /error_path/400.html?al_req_id=YL0KNZY0Bp@zlYkk44u-PwAAAKs
       Content-Type: text/html
       HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
       Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2021 17:47:33 GMT
       Server: Apache
       Cache-Control: no-cache
       Pragma: no-cache
       Connection: close
       Content-Type: text/html
       ```
   
 * I am afraid you would need to mark it as no broken or use the exclusion option
   to bypass the specific site.
 * Let us know the result you got.
    Best Regards Patrick Freitas
 *  Thread Starter [Tooni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tooni/)
 * (@tooni)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-broken-link-with-error-code-400/#post-14525781)
 * Thank you very much for your fast answer and investigations!
    Up to now I wasn’t
   aware of the existance of an exclusion list. 😉 So I added the errornous website
   to this exclusion list and I’m rather sure this will help. I will let you know
   in some days…
 *  Plugin Support [Patrick – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport12/)
 * (@wpmudevsupport12)
 * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-broken-link-with-error-code-400/#post-14526012)
 * Hi [@tooni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tooni/)
 * You are welcome
 * Feel free to keep us posted.
 * Best Regards
    Patrick Freitas
 *  Plugin Support [Patrick – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport12/)
 * (@wpmudevsupport12)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-broken-link-with-error-code-400/#post-14576432)
 * Hi [@tooni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tooni/)
 * I hope you are doing well and safe!
 * We haven’t heard from you in a while, I’ll mark this thread as resolved.
 * Feel free to let us know if you have any additional question or problem.
 * Best Regards
    Patrick Freitas
 *  Thread Starter [Tooni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tooni/)
 * (@tooni)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/false-broken-link-with-error-code-400/#post-14578544)
 * After waiting enough time I can confirm, that I had no more false broken links
   for the specific website. Thank you for your help.
    There is only one little 
   disadvantage with this “solution”: If there is really a broken link, it will 
   not be detected any more. However – that’s okay for me and I do not see this 
   as a problem.
 * Regards, Tooni

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