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[Bug]: http simple GET request works in http.exe but not the desktop client or https://httpie.io/app #267

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What happened?

I was using httpie to test what headers were needed for a URL, but I always received a 403 response. I tried it in curl and I could get a 200 response with just the User-Agent. Then I tried the same thing with http.exe and it also worked

Steps to reproduce?

In the Desktop or browser app, Add this url with GET method:
https://musescore.com/static/musescore/scoredata/g/22237e5491abd13192f48ce3d9f440bec8d36515/score_0.svg?no-cache=1718129261
Under Headers, add "User-Agent" with value "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64)"
Click Send and receive "403 Forbidden" response

Using http.exe, enter this command in a Windows CMD box:
http.exe "https://musescore.com/static/musescore/scoredata/g/22237e5491abd13192f48ce3d9f440bec8d36515/score_0.svg?no-cache=1718129261" "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64)"

Receive a 200 response with the response content

What did you expect to happen?

I expected this request to return a 200 response

Platform

Windows

HTTPie Desktop version

2025.2.0

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