# ERR\_BLOCKED\_BY\_CLIENT from AdBlock plugin
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/err-blocked-by-client-from-adblock-plugin/34217
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 7, 2015, 10:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/err-blocked-by-client-from-adblock-plugin/34217 "2015-10-07T10:20:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Pugwash](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pugwash)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2015, 10:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/err-blocked-by-client-from-adblock-plugin/34217/1 "2015-10-07T10:20:43Z")
[Here’s the post in question](http://community.quickfile.co.uk/t/advertising-on-quickfile/8824)
Whenever I attempt to edit the subject or the body, I get a modal error message:
> Sorry, an error has occurred.
When I inspect the network activity in Chrome (`Version 45.0.2454.101 m`) I see the following:
The error is isolated only to this page, all other pages work fine. I believe @zogstrip and @techAPJ have admin access our Discourse instance, if you want to reproduce.
Thanks!
**EDIT:**
Tested in IE 11 and it works fine, just not in Chrome.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2015, 12:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/err-blocked-by-client-from-adblock-plugin/34217/2 "2015-10-07T12:00:38Z")
Hmm @techapj can you try to repro?
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### Author:  [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/err-blocked-by-client-from-adblock-plugin/34217/3 "2015-10-07T12:36:31Z")
I can’t repro it on my MacBook Pro (OS X Yosemite) Chrome Version `45.0.2454.101` (64-bit).
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### Author:  [@Pugwash](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pugwash)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/err-blocked-by-client-from-adblock-plugin/34217/4 "2015-10-07T12:43:35Z")
Thanks for taking a look!
Here’s what I’m seeing:
- I’m using Windows 8, Chrome 45.0.2454.101 m
- Also had the same issue on my home machine which is Windows 10 (Chrome.. not sure which version?).
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/err-blocked-by-client-from-adblock-plugin/34217/5 "2015-10-07T12:45:16Z")
Are you sure there is not anti virus or upstream proxies interfering with the request? Are you using any Chrome plugins, have you tried in Chrome [safe mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/53504?silent=true) with all plugins disabled?
Blocked by client usually means something in your box (or browser) is interfering.
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### Author:  [@Pugwash](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pugwash)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2015, 12:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/err-blocked-by-client-from-adblock-plugin/34217/6 "2015-10-07T12:49:39Z")
You’re absolutely right. I disabled AdBlock (2.41.2) and it worked!
I’m not 100% sure how AdBlock works, although given that the topic of this post is about Advertising that would make sense.
Thanks!
**EDIT:**
I replicated this in try.discourse by creating a post with the word “advertising” in the subject. Initial post creation is fine but future saves initiate a post back to the friendly URL Discourse creates (`http://try.discourse.org/t/advertising-test/329`). I think AdBlock simply works on the basis of inspecting and blocking HTTP calls, so there’s a rule there that will block XHR calls if the word “advertising” is found in the URL.
Not really a Discourse issue but it may be useful for anyone else encountering the same behaviour.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/err-blocked-by-client-from-adblock-plugin/34217/7 "2024-06-08T12:46:05Z")
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