[GNC] Fidelity and OFX format

Fri Dec 5 12:39:57 EST 2025

Below is the full response I am getting back from them; not much of detailed (looks like a firewall blocking rather than the app layer blocking) .... I am/was using https://ofx.fidelity.com/ftgw/OFX/clients/download  end-point. 

<HTML><HEAD>
<TITLE>Access Denied</TITLE>
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<H1>Access Denied</H1>

You don't have permission to access "http://ofx.fidelity.com/ftgw/OFX/clients/download" on this server.<P>
Reference #18.a7f3da17.1764936215.372a9f0b
<P>https://errors.edgesuite.net/18.a7f3da17.1764936215.372a9f0b</P>
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</HTML>

-----Original Message-----
From: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> 
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2025 11:42 AM
To: Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net>
Cc: gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Subject: Re: [GNC] Fidelity and OFX format

> On Dec 5, 2025, at 04:17, Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net> wrote:
> 
> It appears that Fidelity (in totality) has gone the way of 
> discontinuing OFX support or possibly Quickens Direct Connect way only.
> 
> 
> 
> OFX download format is no longer available as a choice and their OFX 
> server emits access denied error as of 1st of Dec.
> 

What’s the actual error code and at what point during the connection attempt is it issued?

Regards,
John Ralls