404 Forbidden sounds not right

[plewandowski]

Steps to reproduce

1. Login into admin area
2. Call non existing admin action with ajax.

Actual result

I get 404 as expected, but why it says forbidden instead not found? In my opinion it may be confusing. Is it a bug or feature?

https://madcoders-monosnap.s3.amazonaws.com/piotr/New_Product__Products__Inventory__Products__Magento_Admin_2016-06-23_08-15-47.png

[stamster]

Somewhere in a codebase, Magento sets HTTP header code to 404, but message is 'Forbidden'. If you omit string description - HTTP code, and return only numeric, your browser will handle the message, in this case 404 would became Not found as expected.

i.e.
header("HTTP/1.1 404 Forbidden");

[veloraven]

@plewandowski is this issue still actual?

[veloraven]

According to contributor guide, tickets without response for two weeks should be closed.
If this issue still reproducible please feel free to create the new one: format new issue according to the Issue reporting guidelines: with steps to reproduce, actual result and expected result and specify Magento version.