A number of people reported a similar issue very recently (within the last week or two).
I think this is the right issue: http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=4560 Go star + add your details to it. Robert On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 06:36, Umut Muhaddisoglu <[email protected]> wrote: > Any updates, thoughts? > > On Feb 19, 12:58 pm, Umut Muhaddisoglu <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm the developer of a free-to-use uptime monitoring service: Uptime Robot >> (http://www.uptimerobot.com/). >> >> When a user adds a website to Uptime Robot for monitoring it,our application >> is sending regular "HEAD", "GET" and/or "PING" requests to applications >> hosted on GAE to find out if they are "up" or "down". For the last 5-7 days, >> we realized that the IP of our application is blocked by GAE. >> >> We send requests from: "74.86.158.106" and "*.uptimerobot.com". >> >> If I try to browse a GAE hosted website from 74.86.158.106, I get a HTTP 403 >> status with details: >> >> ***************** >> ForbiddenYour client does not have permission to get URL / from this server. >> (Client IP address: 74.86.158.106) >> >> You are accessing this page from a forbidden country. >> ***************** >> >> Uptime Robot is a totally legitimate application and I know that GAE does >> not block all uptime monitoring services. So, I'm thinking that this must be >> by mistake or there must be a way to unblock the IPs. >> >> I'll be glad to get any help. >> >> Thanks so much. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
