A developer reports that Replit API requests are unexpectedly redirected and blocked by Replit Shield 401 errors, leaving them waiting 5 days for escalated Replit Support without a resolution.

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      "[post] Replit API requests returning 307 redirect followed by Replit Shield 401 - anyone experienced this?",
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curl https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/signals/a6700a20-ef98-5431-a92c-099d65025355 \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY"

curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":"replit.com","limit":20}'