From aaab52326c8ec5455e86111cade867562bd5d4f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan <xenoputtss@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:42:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(scraper): send default_headers with curl_cffi
 impersonation (fixes 403 on WAF sites) (#7792)

---
 mealie/services/scraper/scraper_strategies.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/mealie/services/scraper/scraper_strategies.py b/mealie/services/scraper/scraper_strategies.py
index f22c81394..3cf9a1ac0 100644
--- a/mealie/services/scraper/scraper_strategies.py
+++ b/mealie/services/scraper/scraper_strategies.py
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ async def safe_scrape_html(url: str) -> str:
 
         transport = safehttp.AsyncSafeTransport(
             impersonate=impersonation,
+            default_headers=True,
             verify=False,  # disable SSL verification since we can handle untrusted data and some sites don't have certs
         )
         async with AsyncClient(transport=transport) as client: