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Since a few days all pdf links appear redirecting to:
https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:Imagefro ... 905/rfahyy
kind of URL, that links to a web page with this message:

Fatal error: Trying to link to nonexistant file 'Rfahyy'

This happens on a Macbook Pro 2017 in every web navigator, after resetting,
updating, caché deleting, malware/virus scanned, etc., but not on iPad,
where I can download normally the files.
Any hint? Server problem?

Dear IMSLP, I can confirm that I am receiving the same error message, with a slight variant:

Fatal error: Trying to link to nonexistant file 'Ngahyy'

Please help us.

Thank you.

Casually, I discover that it is possible to download the pdf clicking in the right side wheel the option "Download n files as ZIP file" from the popup menu list.
But this seems available only when there is more then one pdf related to title, as it is when different parts exist for a work.

Here https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ImagefromIndex/411905 works fine. From which work page and on which link did you click to be directed to your troublesome URL?

The problem is common to all pdfs links, no matter which one.
But here's the GOOD NEW: trying out different solutions, I discover that deleting the final part of the URL (namely "/rfahyy" in this case) recover access to the pdf. It seems like this part is "added" to the end of the URL, no clear if on the server or the user side. Very strange, not ever occurred before.

When you move the cursor on the link without clicking, you can see the corresponding URL at the bottom left of your browser. What does it say? Also try the big number beginning with # instead of the big down arrow. You will reach a strange page with a current/DateTime array. What does it say when you click the current date? Also try big Arrow, right click and save link target somewhere.

The URL I see at the bottom left of my browser hovering on the main link is, for example,
https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:Imagefro ... 258/rfahyy
Clicking on it, I get the error page.
The link on the #number below, in this same case, is
https://imslp.org/wiki/File:PMLP200272- ... (1717).pdf
that leads me to a page with a preview image and some informations. In this case the array contains several columns:
act | a clickable time stamp | a clickable too miniature image | dimensions | an user name | comment
Clicking both in the big and the miniature preview and in the time stamp I can finally reach the pdf.

it seems you are in https://imslp.org/wiki/Premier_livre_de ... %C3%A7ois) scan #299258. Here in France it works.