# Gatsby Cloud and Netlify blocked by https://static.ghost.org/?

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/gatsby-cloud-and-netlify-blocked-by-https-static-ghost-org/12697>\
**Category:** Developer help\
**Created:** [March 14, 2020, 7:13am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/gatsby-cloud-and-netlify-blocked-by-https-static-ghost-org/12697 "2020-03-14T07:13:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![styxlab](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/styxlab/32/6127_2.png) [@styxlab](https://forum.ghost.org/u/styxlab)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 7:13am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/gatsby-cloud-and-netlify-blocked-by-https-static-ghost-org/12697/1 "2020-03-14T07:13:16Z")

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I’m deploying my own gatsby-ghost project on Gatsby Cloud which tries to access some Ghost resources during the build phase. The build fails with the following error message:

```auto
23:40:34 PM: error Error processing images in node Ghost __Settings__ 1: failed to process https://static.ghost.org/v3.0.0/images/publication-cover.png HTTPError: Response code 403 (Forbidden)

```

If I build the same project locally on my machine everything works fine. You can also test that this resource can usually be accessed [publication-cover.png](https://static.ghost.org/v3.0.0/images/publication-cover.png).

I also checked that the same issue is present when building the site with Netlify. I suspect some DDos protection on `static.ghost.org` is kicking in here.

The error code **403** indicates, that [https://static.ghost.org/](https://static.ghost.org/) is blocking the request. Could you please inquire why [https://static.ghost.org/](https://static.ghost.org/) is blocking Gatsby Cloud and Netlify servers from downloading image assets and possibly lift the blockings?

Thanks a lot in advance!

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**Author:** ![Hannah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/hannah/32/22_2.png) [@Hannah](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Hannah)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 8:41am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/gatsby-cloud-and-netlify-blocked-by-https-static-ghost-org/12697/2 "2020-03-18T08:41:51Z")

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Sorry about that. You should find this is fixed since yesterday.