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Old HTTP proof still broken after available again after downtime

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Description

My HTTP proofs for 2 domains are broken since the server was offline for a short time. The proofs broke then but didn't went back up after they were available again (with a code 200 response, so no invalid redirection either). My guess it's because the key has been revoked since, but I'm hesitating to just replace the proof since I would loose the time and date of the original proof as well. And the proof should still be valid since it was created when the old key was valid.

Keybase Account: link
Broken proof 1: link
Broken proof 2: link

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Start by reproducing the proof status for the linked Keybase account and the two keybase.txt URLs after the reported downtime. Check how the existing proof records handle a revoked key and confirm whether the original proof date can be retained; done means both proofs validate again without requiring replacement.

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authentication, security
Issue type
Bug
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