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[SOLVED][Drupal Errors] "HTTP request status Fails" error

Zyxware Technologies | | 2 min read

A large number of Drupal users where getting a " HTTP request status Fails
Your system or network configuration does not allow Drupal to access web pages, resulting in reduced functionality. This could be due to your webserver configuration or PHP settings, and should be resolved in order to download information about available updates, fetch aggregator feeds, sign in via OpenID, or use other network-dependent services " error message in the status reports page of their Drupal site. If you are facing the same error message in the status reports of your Drupal site and would like to know how to fix then continue reading.

Likely causes of the error

  • This is a common issue which is familiar to the Drupal community
  • There was a change in the encoding of one of the files when the file was saved after editing
  • One of the files got corrupted during transfer
  • The issue lies with a contributed module

Fixes

  • First begin by disabling all contributed modules and enable them one at a time to check if the issue lies with a contributed module
  • If it is indeed caused by a contributed module then replace the file with a version that does not contain the error
  • If it has been confirmed that the error is not due to a contributed module then try installing the http_request_fail_reset module and see if it fixes the issue
  • If that too is unsuccessful try adding the following line to the bottom of your settings.php file
    $conf['drupal_http_request_fails'] = FALSE;
  • Finally if all the other attempts try adding the domain name to the list of host addresses

Hope that helps.

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Reference: http://drupal.org/node/588186

 

 

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