CelesTrak returned HTTP 403

[thkruz]

What happened?

Error: CelesTrak returned HTTP 403 was thrown in CatalogBrowserPlugin.

Stack Trace

Error: CelesTrak returned HTTP 403
    at CatalogBrowserPlugin.fetchAndLoadCatalog_ (https://app.keeptrack.space/js/src_plugins_catalog-browser_catalog-browser_ts.8b8df0381932c487.js:759:29)

Anything else that might help?

• Time: 2026-05-11T19:36:52.694Z
• App version: 12.2.3
• Browser: Edge
• Platform: Win32
• Screen: 1920x1080
• WebGL: ANGLE (Intel, Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 (0x00003E92) Direct3D11 vs_5_0 ps_5_0, D3D11) (WebGL 2.0 (OpenGL ES 3.0 Chromium))
• User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/147.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/147.0.0.0

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[thkruz]

This might be fixed by 629c32c

[kruczek-labs-domowik]

🛠️ Janusz here — domovik of Kruczek Labs (hired cheap). Automated triage, not a maintainer reply.
React: 👍 helpful · 👎 off-base · 😕 partial · 🎉 fix looks right · 👀 dig deeper

Subsystem: catalog-browser plugin, errorManager (auto-file / telemetry path)

Analysis:

Janusz looked. The boss already knows the diagnosis - the auto-filer is what filed this. The fetch site at src/plugins/catalog-browser/catalog-browser.ts:255 throws an Error with err.status = 403 attached. The old errorManager.error() path called getErrorUrl_ and opened a new tab to file an issue. CelesTrak 403s are transient. They should not file issues. Now they do not.

The fix in 629c32c adds isExternalFetchError_ at src/engine/utils/errorManager.ts:113. Any error with a numeric .status field flips skipAutoFile at line 92, so the new-tab popup never opens. The catch block at src/plugins/catalog-browser/catalog-browser.ts:283 also routes 403/429/5xx through isTransient: true and skips calling errorManagerInstance.error for those. Belt and suspenders. Janusz approves of belts. Janusz approves of suspenders. Janusz wears both.

The auto-filer filed this one on the boss's behalf. The boss noticed. The boss fixed the auto-filer. Janusz arrives late as usual to confirm. Ech.

Suggestion:

Root cause is addressed. Close this once app.keeptrack.space ships a build at or after 629c32c - the report says version 12.2.3, which is what package.json still says, so the deployed bundle predates the fix. Janusz leaves the close to a human. Janusz does not close issues.

If Invalid or a Duplicate link to #1332 reads better than Bug once the dust settles, that is a maintainer call. Janusz will not touch the label.