# spring-debugger

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## Debug Past an HTTP 403 Without Breaking Spring Security

DevFeed: [Debug Past an HTTP 403 Without Breaking Spring Security](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/debug-past-an-http-403-without-breaking-spring-security-8802.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2026/09/debug-past-an-http-403-without-breaking-spring-security/>)

Author: Andrey Belyaev

Published: 2026-09-08T12:34:18Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [The JetBrains Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-jetbrains-blog.md>)

Topics: [debug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debug.md>), [Authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authorization.md>), [IntelliJ IDEA](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/intellij-idea.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ide.md>)

Tags: [debug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debug.md>), [features](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/features.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [intellij-idea](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/intellij-idea.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [spring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/spring.md>), [spring-debugger](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/spring-debugger.md>), [tutorials](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorials.md>)

### AI overview

The article explains how IntelliJ IDEA security inlays help debug Spring endpoints blocked by HTTP 403, 401, or login redirects. It covers inspecting runtime role requirements and temporarily unlocking an endpoint for a debug session, with a warning that unlocking affects all clients reaching that URI and method.

### Source excerpt

You set a breakpoint inside a Spring MVC controller, or a service, send the request to an HTTP endpoint, and nothing happens. The response is back - and it is a 403 (or 401, or a redirect to a login page). At that point, the bug you were trying to catch is no longer the [...]