# 403 error on view full-size image from Identify Modal

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**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [December 31, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/403-error-on-view-full-size-image-from-identify-modal/9018 "2019-12-31T13:23:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![danaleeling](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/danaleeling/32/1378_2.png) [@danaleeling](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/danaleeling)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/403-error-on-view-full-size-image-from-identify-modal/9018/2 "2019-12-31T13:53:11Z")

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I just duplicated from [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37123933](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37123933) accessed via [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality\_grade=needs\_id%2Ccasual&iconic\_taxa=unknown%2CPlantae&place\_id=65842](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality_grade=needs_id%2Ccasual&iconic_taxa=unknown%2CPlantae&place_id=65842) on Chrome 79.0.3945.86 running on ChromeOS.  
403:  
[https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/58800768/original.jpg?1577778682](https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/58800768/original.jpg?1577778682)  
But if left-click on the image in the identification modal and then right click on that image to pull up the URL for the image, I get the image and the same URL:  
[https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/58800768/original.jpg?1577778682](https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/58800768/original.jpg?1577778682)

 ![Screenshot 2020-01-01 at 00.44.56](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/6/686b207d3a2e300395d812fae3fb7d962a659b15.jpeg)  
I cannot see a difference in the URLs and when I refreshed the image on the left, I got a 403 error. But when I tried to replicate the “original image refresh leads to 403” I could not replicate. Thus I think this might be transient issue related possibly to server response, possibly connected to performance problems associated with [large or complex taxon swaps](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/plans-for-2019-clements-bird-taxonomy-updates/5397/37)?

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