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Developer vs CORS Policy: Browser Console Declares It Impossible to Solve
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Developer vs CORS Policy: Browser Console Declares It Impossible to Solve

Description

The image is a screenshot of a browser console dominated by red error entries and a recruitment-style banner. Centered near the top in large light-orange text it says “CORS IMPOSSIBLE TO SOLVE”; to its left is an ASCII-art spiral logo made of dots, 8s, b’s and d’s, followed by the lines “Solve Impossible Problems” and “openai.com/jobs”. In the upper-right corner the file reference “main.d4cdbd15.js:2” is shown. Every console line complains about CORS, including: “Access to manifest at 'https://openaiapi-site.azureedge.net/public_assets/d/999f7ce39e/manifest.json' from origin 'https://platform.openai.com' has been blocked by CORS policy: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource.”, “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”, “Access to XMLHttpRequest at 'https://auth0.openai.com/oauth/token' from origin 'https://platform.openai.com' has been blocked by CORS policy: Response to preflight request doesn't pass access control check: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource.”, a collapsed “▶ ProgressEvent”, and a final repeat of the manifest error. The meme humorously captures the perennial pain of frontend and API developers wrestling with cross-origin restrictions despite seemingly simple requests

Categories

WebDev API Debugging Troubleshooting

Common Tags

CORS CrossOriginResourceSharing Debugging BrowserDevTools WebSecurity Http API ApplicationProgrammingInterface BrowserSecurity

Comments

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick We containerized the monolith, routed it through Istio, stapled on OIDC, and piped everything to CloudFront - browser still crosses its arms and asks, “Cool story, but where’s my Access-Control-Allow-Origin header?”
  1. Anonymous ★ Top Pick

    We containerized the monolith, routed it through Istio, stapled on OIDC, and piped everything to CloudFront - browser still crosses its arms and asks, “Cool story, but where’s my Access-Control-Allow-Origin header?”

  2. Anonymous

    CORS: the only security feature where fixing it properly means explaining to your PM why the browser isn't broken, the server isn't broken, but somehow everything is still broken because Tim from 2015 hardcoded localhost:3000 in the API gateway config

  3. Anonymous

    CORS errors: where your frontend and backend are technically on speaking terms, but your browser plays overprotective parent and blocks all communication anyway. The real 'impossible problem' isn't the CORS configuration - it's explaining to stakeholders why a missing HTTP header can bring down your entire OAuth flow, especially when it worked perfectly fine on localhost five minutes ago

  4. Anonymous

    CORS: Where your localhost backend ghosts the frontend harder than a bad Tinder match, forcing a dev proxy shotgun wedding

  5. Anonymous

    CORS: the incident where everything works except the one header you don’t own - and the browser refuses to board without an OPTIONS preflight

  6. Anonymous

    Every CORS outage is a distributed-systems lesson: the browser enforces your security model, the CDN caches your mistakes, Auth0 rejects the preflight, and Sentry rate-limits the postmortem

  7. @affirvega 3y

    FUCKING FEELS MATE

  8. @mekosko 3y

    @yuki_the_girl what about warn for not english?

    1. @dmytrijza 3y

      bruh

    2. @sylfn 3y

      lmao having a real life rn)

      1. @purplesyringa 3y

        "rn" bruh

        1. @sylfn 3y

          playing board games with tgen

          1. @kitbot256 3y

            Real life @ Board games Oukeeeey…

            1. @sylfn 3y

              compared to "not talking with anyone" about two years ago it's real

  9. @mekosko 3y

    And will be banned, LoL

    1. @affirvega 3y

      looks like he won't care xD

  10. @sylfn 3y

    .she

    1. @affirvega 3y

      Dmytro is she?

      1. @sylfn 3y

        ah yes lmao

      2. @sylfn 3y

        i thought i was supposed to reply with this pic

  11. @sylfn 3y

    please use english in this chat tr: i dont give a fuck

    1. @dmytrijza 3y

      what's the point?

      1. @sylfn 3y

        chat rules

      2. @callofvoid0 3y

        so that we know you don't give a fuck

    2. @shynekomaid 3y

      learn Ukrainian language, dude.

      1. @domokrch 3y

        settle down todd

        1. @shynekomaid 3y

          Are the gayuropeans get cocky, or is it just me?

          1. @domokrch 3y

            guess

            1. @shynekomaid 3y

              WhatEver

          2. @InputUsernameHere 3y

            No English is an international language and Ukrainian isn't.

            1. @RiedleroD 3y

              no necrobumping please

              1. @InputUsernameHere 3y

                :^)

                1. @RiedleroD 3y

                  ?

                  1. @InputUsernameHere 3y

                    Why have a comment section if you're not allowed to comment on it tbh

                    1. @RiedleroD 3y

                      comment on things that aren't resolved arguments

                      1. @InputUsernameHere 3y

                        Where can I see the rules

                        1. @RiedleroD 3y

                          that's not in the rules, that's just common sense

                          1. @InputUsernameHere 3y

                            I don't think you can just call it common sense, I never got the whole "don't comment on old posts" thing. And I'm not the only one

                            1. @RiedleroD 3y

                              there you go telegram isn't a forum, but it still applies

                              1. @InputUsernameHere 3y

                                Why does it still apply?

                                1. @RiedleroD 3y

                                  because I don't like seeing old fucking arguments brought up again

                                  1. @InputUsernameHere 3y

                                    Okay But Why Should We All Do What You Like?

                                    1. @RiedleroD 3y

                                      because I'm a moderator and I ban people who bring down the mood of the chat so the rest of us can enjoy the memes in peace, unlike you

                                      1. @InputUsernameHere 3y

                                        I like the memes though

                                        1. @affirvega 3y

                                          there is a read only mode xd

                                          1. @InputUsernameHere 3y

                                            Fair enough

                                        2. @RiedleroD 3y

                                          good good then stop arguing and certainly don't butt in to old arguments or any arguments at all tbh

                                          1. @InputUsernameHere 3y

                                            Okay lame, but sure

                                2. @RiedleroD 3y

                                  I had to resolve the argument once, I don't want to do it another time

                                3. @RiedleroD 3y

                                  ffs just shut up and enjoy the memes in peace

                                  1. @InputUsernameHere 3y

                                    Dude calm down lmao

      2. @sylfn 3y

        rules say orherwise

        1. @shynekomaid 3y

          Ukrainians rulez

          1. @sylfn 3y

            this chat rules -> https://t.me/dev_meme/3667

  12. @dmytrijza 3y

    guess gotta change text on the gif

  13. @zaspirin 3y

    Based

  14. @sylfn 3y

    tr: "I don't fucking care." Please use English in this chat

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