# Restriction of some features offered by our Web-based code repository
**URL:** https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/restriction-of-some-features-offered-by-our-web-based-code-repository/5336
**Category:** General
**Created:** [November 14, 2024, 9:21am UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/restriction-of-some-features-offered-by-our-web-based-code-repository/5336 "2024-11-14T09:21:43Z")
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### Author:  [@jodogne](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/jodogne)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2024, 9:21am UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/restriction-of-some-features-offered-by-our-web-based-code-repository/5336/1 "2024-11-14T09:21:43Z")
Dear community,
Over the last few weeks, our servers have (again) been targeted by aggressive crawlers that endanger our development process, notably by putting an extreme load on our code repository.
As a result, I had to apply strict restrictions to the online features offered by Mercurial. For example, you will no longer be able to access full changesets or raw files from your web browser. If you need access to these, please [clone the repository of interest locally](https://orthanc.uclouvain.be/book/developers/repositories.html#read-only-access).
More generally, such behaviors pose a serious threat to free and open-source projects by placing heavy pressure on the development team, distracting them from their core mission and slowing project progress.
Regards,
Sébastien-
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### Author:  [@jodogne](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/jodogne)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2024, 9:22am UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/restriction-of-some-features-offered-by-our-web-based-code-repository/5336/2 "2024-11-14T09:22:03Z")