{
 "id": "cadgen-0-5-viewer-returns-403-host-header",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "cadgen 0.5 viewer returns 403 'Host header is not a local name; refusing (DNS-rebinding defense)' when reached through a LAN TCP forwarder",
 "symptom": "CAD Viewer from text-to-cad works at http://127.0.0.1:3245/ but any request arriving via a LAN or Tailscale address (a phone hitting http://homegpu:3245 through a plain TCP port forwarder to 127.0.0.1) gets HTTP 403 with body {\"error\":\"Host header 'homegpu' is not a local name; refusing (DNS-rebinding defense)\"}. The 0.4 viewer behind the same forwarder worked.",
 "sw": [
  "cadgen@0.5.1",
  "text-to-cad@0.5.1"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "x86_64",
  "ubuntu-24",
  "nvidia",
  "NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell"
 ],
 "intent": "browse the CAD viewer from a phone on the LAN",
 "date": "2026-09-13",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench2",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench2",
 "locked": [
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}