[▲ Vercel Community](/) · [Categories](/categories) · [Latest](/latest) · [Top](/top) · [Live](/live) [Help](/c/help/9) # I am getting 403 when trying to fetch /manifest.webmanifest 123 views · 1 like · 5 posts Focusprojectsmanagement 2883 (@focusprojectsmanagem) · 2025-12-15 <!-- Questions that get answered the fastest are the ones with relevant info included in the original post. Be sure to include all detail needed to let others see and understand the problem! --> <!-- Current versus Expected behavior --> <!-- Code, configuration, and steps that reproduce this issue --> <!-- Project information (URL, framework, environment, project settings) --> I am using PWA in my angular app to recognize when there is a new version deployed. My problem is that vercel blocks the access to the file manifest.webmanifest, so when i am trying to fetch from https://www.MY_URL/manifest.webmanifest i get blocked by vercel with status code 403. I added a rule in the firewall, but it did not help.  What am i missing? How can i allow access to this file? Anshuman Bhardwaj (@anshumanb) · 2025-12-15 Hi @focusprojectsmanagem, welcome to the Vercel Community! Can you check your firewall logs to see why these requests are getting blocked? Focusprojectsmanagement 2883 (@focusprojectsmanagem) · 2025-12-15 · ♥ 1 Eventually i was able to figure it out - this was happening because of the active attack mode. I saw that it is not recommended to keep it on, but i did not understand why Anshuman Bhardwaj (@anshumanb) · 2025-12-16 Thanks for sharing it here. The attack challenge mode meant to be used only for active DDoS attacks. The reason being the enhanced and more strict rules being applied, which can block any suspicious activities like downloading a file. You can read more on our https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-firewall/attack-challenge-mode docs. Let me know if you need more help. Anshuman Bhardwaj (@anshumanb) · 2026-01-23 Hi @focusprojectsmanagem, just checking in on your 403 issue with the manifest.webmanifest. Did you find a solution, or do you still need assistance? Let me know if you need more details.
