I'm seeing similiar issues from the Europe servers being posted in a sticky. I'm in the United States, so posting separately but with same requested info.
"You don't have permission to access this resource."
"Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request."
I have tried disabling firewalls and all other shields, and ensuring ffxiv is properly added to firewall exceptions after reenabling them.
Virus Scanning software: Avast
ISP: Spectrum
No tickets opened with them
United States
9/12/25 11:30AM EST first noticed
Constant repeat, no letting up.
Tracing route to secure.square-enix.com [61.195.53.13]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 5 ms 4 ms 4 ms 192.168.1.1
2 15 ms 14 ms 17 ms syn-107-013-016-001.res.spectrum.com [107.13.16.1]
3 636 ms 479 ms 504 ms lag-55.grnrnc0712h.netops.charter.com [174.111.103.22]
4 22 ms 23 ms 13 ms lag-24.apexncco01r.netops.charter.com [24.25.62.134]
5 27 ms 27 ms 20 ms lag-31.rcr01chrcnctr.netops.charter.com [24.93.64.186]
6 * * 30 ms lag-414-10.atlngamq46w-bcr00.netops.charter.com [66.109.7.196]
7 * * * Request timed out.
8 87 ms 75 ms 74 ms lag-412.dllstx976iw-bcr00.netops.charter.com [66.109.6.90]
9 * 83 ms * lag-401.tustca4200w-bcr00.netops.charter.com [66.109.5.228]
10 98 ms 85 ms 79 ms lag-1.pr2.lax10.netops.charter.com [66.109.5.241]
11 80 ms 74 ms 74 ms syn-066-109-007-090.inf.spectrum.com [66.109.7.90]
12 80 ms 76 ms 80 ms 203.181.106.173
13 185 ms 178 ms 186 ms 106.187.12.17
14 195 ms 187 ms 185 ms 27.85.227.105
15 187 ms 186 ms 182 ms 27.85.227.105
16 186 ms 191 ms 184 ms oteJIN301.int-gw.kddi.ne.jp [27.86.32.6]
17 187 ms 190 ms 182 ms 125.29.26.14
18 182 ms 186 ms 185 ms 133.208.191.149
19 175 ms 174 ms 171 ms 133.208.55.26
20 179 ms 173 ms 174 ms 219.117.144.122
21 183 ms 180 ms 187 ms 219.117.144.57
22 206 ms 207 ms 206 ms 219.117.146.133
23 209 ms 204 ms 178 ms 219.117.145.138
24 * * * Request timed out.
25 * * * Request timed out.
26 * * * Request timed out.
27 * * * Request timed out.
28 * * * Request timed out.
29 * * * Request timed out.
30 * * * Request timed out.
The workaround of deleting the boot file from documents > my games > final fantasy xiv a realm reborn works, but it has to be done each and every time in order to get the launcher to load properly.
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"You don't have permission to access this resource."
"Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request."
I have tried disabling firewalls and all other shields, and ensuring ffxiv is properly added to firewall exceptions after reenabling them.
Virus Scanning software: Avast
ISP: Spectrum
No tickets opened with them
United States
9/12/25 11:30AM EST first noticed
Constant repeat, no letting up.
Tracing route to secure.square-enix.com [61.195.53.13]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 5 ms 4 ms 4 ms 192.168.1.1
2 15 ms 14 ms 17 ms syn-107-013-016-001.res.spectrum.com [107.13.16.1]
3 636 ms 479 ms 504 ms lag-55.grnrnc0712h.netops.charter.com [174.111.103.22]
4 22 ms 23 ms 13 ms lag-24.apexncco01r.netops.charter.com [24.25.62.134]
5 27 ms 27 ms 20 ms lag-31.rcr01chrcnctr.netops.charter.com [24.93.64.186]
6 * * 30 ms lag-414-10.atlngamq46w-bcr00.netops.charter.com [66.109.7.196]
7 * * * Request timed out.
8 87 ms 75 ms 74 ms lag-412.dllstx976iw-bcr00.netops.charter.com [66.109.6.90]
9 * 83 ms * lag-401.tustca4200w-bcr00.netops.charter.com [66.109.5.228]
10 98 ms 85 ms 79 ms lag-1.pr2.lax10.netops.charter.com [66.109.5.241]
11 80 ms 74 ms 74 ms syn-066-109-007-090.inf.spectrum.com [66.109.7.90]
12 80 ms 76 ms 80 ms 203.181.106.173
13 185 ms 178 ms 186 ms 106.187.12.17
14 195 ms 187 ms 185 ms 27.85.227.105
15 187 ms 186 ms 182 ms 27.85.227.105
16 186 ms 191 ms 184 ms oteJIN301.int-gw.kddi.ne.jp [27.86.32.6]
17 187 ms 190 ms 182 ms 125.29.26.14
18 182 ms 186 ms 185 ms 133.208.191.149
19 175 ms 174 ms 171 ms 133.208.55.26
20 179 ms 173 ms 174 ms 219.117.144.122
21 183 ms 180 ms 187 ms 219.117.144.57
22 206 ms 207 ms 206 ms 219.117.146.133
23 209 ms 204 ms 178 ms 219.117.145.138
24 * * * Request timed out.
25 * * * Request timed out.
26 * * * Request timed out.
27 * * * Request timed out.
28 * * * Request timed out.
29 * * * Request timed out.
30 * * * Request timed out.
The workaround of deleting the boot file from documents > my games > final fantasy xiv a realm reborn works, but it has to be done each and every time in order to get the launcher to load properly.
Continue reading...