[ ijbswa-Actionsfile feedback-3615179 ] Overblocking of "close as duplicate" pop-Stackexchange sites

Actionsfile feedback item #3615179, was opened at 2013-11-03 14:43
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Category: filter: popups-incorrectly blo
Group: current actionsfile
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: David Wagner (daw617)
>Assigned to: Fabian Keil (fabiankeil)
Summary: Overblocking of "close as duplicate" pop-Stackexchange sites

Initial Comment:
Privoxy currently blocks some legitimate pop-ups on Stackexchange sites.  If you're logged in to those sites and have privileges and click "close", then try to close as a duplicate, Privoxy will block a legitimate AJAX request.  This will be hard for you to reproduce unless you happen to have an account on those sites and have accumulated enough reputation to close (which most users won't have).

The legitimate request is to a URL like

http://cs.stackexchange.com/posts/popup/close/suggest-originals/16678?_=1383517814677

except that the domain name might vary, depending upon which Stackexchange site you're using.

Troubleshooting suggests that it's the following rule from default.action that is causing the over-blocking:

{+block{Path matches generic block pattern.} }
/(.*/)?(full)?pop[-_]?(up|over|under|open(er)?)?s?(/|\.)

I fixed this by adding the following rule to my user.actions:

{ -block{Path matches generic block pattern.} }
.stackexchange.com/(.*/)?popup
.stackoverflow.com/(.*/)?popup
.serverfault.com/(.*/)?popup
.superuser.com/(.*/)?popup

I suggest adding something like that to your default actionsfile.

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>Comment By: Fabian Keil (fabiankeil)
Date: 2013-11-06 08:36

Message:
Thanks for the report. Fixed in CVS.

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