My server is not going above the rate limit, I've double checked. I've also cross referenced via another DB (https://api.ashcon.app/mojang/v2/user/) and they too receive a 403 for usernames that they haven't cached.
Edit: Username also shows up as "Available" on namemc.com, so I assume they are getting a 403 as well and therefore are just returning the result as not found and thus available.
I too am experiencing this issue today. It works on my home internet but on my AWS server I just get the response:
My server is not going above the rate limit, I've double checked. I've also cross referenced via another DB (https://api.ashcon.app/mojang/v2/user/) and they too receive a 403 for usernames that they haven't cached.
Edit: Username also shows up as "Available" on namemc.com, so I assume they are getting a 403 as well and therefore are just returning the result as not found and thus available.