#1

When trying to check the speed of a page on Pagespeed Insights, I get the message “Requests from referer https://www.googleapis.com/ are blocked”

I am unable to use the site with shields up or down.

Exact URL of the website in question:
https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights

**Did the issue present with default Shields settings? (yes/no)**yes

Does the site function as expected when Shields are turned off? No, surprisingly

Is there a specific Shields configuration that causes the site to break? If so, tell us that configuration. (yes/no): Site breaks regardless of shields

Does the site work as expected when using Chrome? Works in Firefox, haven’t tested Chrome

Brave version (check About Brave): v1.2.42

#2

I just tested with twitter. https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fhome

Only worked when I enabled “Allow all cookies” in Shields

#3

Hey, thank you for replying. I got it to work when I Allowed cookies in shields.

I haven’t experimented too deeply, but if that setting is not set before turning off shields, it doesn’t seem to work.

Default settings > Shields off = Page gives me that error message.
First allow all cookies> Shields off=I can use the speed checker.

Could something be wrong on my end or is there a possibility that when shields are turned off, the cookie setting doesn’t get changed as well?

#4

What site are you testing it against?

#5

Can confirm doesn’t work with sheilds up…

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However with sheilds down, I got the following result…

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Perhaps this is an OS specific issue as well? What OS are you using?

-AASB

#6

Ok, I got home and tried it again. I was testing my own site, but not trying to promote anything here, so I tried it with another site (ghacks)

Here is what I experienced:

Shields on (default): error message
Toggle shields off: Page reloads and goes into the speed test
Toggle shields off and go back to main page to manually do test again: error message.

shields off
shields off997×291 15.7 KB

I’m running Windows 10 64 bit 1903.

#7

Thanks for the report, have issued a patch, just needs to be approved.

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#8

I appreciate the help as always, thank you!

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#9

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