Hoverzoom causing 429 error on old reddit

[retraenn]

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Description of the problem

Using Hoverzoom on the old reddit design for a short while causes HTTP error 429 and the page stops loading for a while.

Url of the page where the problem occurs (not the image url)

https://old.reddit.com/ (or https://www.reddit.com/ if you've opted out of the redesign in preferences)

Steps to reproduce the problem (include image url here)

1. No specific steps, just use old reddit for a while with Hoverzoom enabled.

OS version, extension version

Windows 10. Latest extension version from addons.mozilla.org as of this post date.

[globus243]

can confirm that this is related to this reddit comment:
https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/1dtxt1c/http_error_429/lbfjeeh/

blocking the request with uBlock resolves the 429 Errors but breaks image albums

[TS6ix2GaH3q679h5]

Same problem for me. Error 429 over and over again, blocking absolutely any connection to Reddit. Tried troubleshooting and once I disabled Hoverzoom extension, Reddit back to working completely fine.

[AthosBenther]

#1257

Same behavior.

Workaround:
Adding ||www.reddit.com/by_id/t3* to uBlocks filter list blocks those requests and solve the problems

[globus243]

#1257

Same behavior.

Workaround: Adding ||www.reddit.com/by_id/t3* to uBlocks filter list blocks those requests and solve the problems

This resolves the 429 errors but breaks the gallery-feature. galleries are then no longer viewable with HoverZoom+ when blocking the request.

[extesy]

Closing as duplicate of #1257