# Adding the PDF's host to the Suite's approved domains made the embed stop working

**What you are seeing**

Adding the PDF's host to the Suite's approved domains made the embed stop working.

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## Why it happens

An approved host is fetched directly by the reader's browser instead of through Capable's proxy, and most PDF hosts do not permit browsers on other domains to read their files.

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## What to do

Remove the domain from the approved list so the proxy is used again, or attach the PDF to the page. Only approve a host you know serves files with cross-origin access enabled.

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## Settings involved

| **Setting**                              | **Where**                                       | **What it does** |
| ---------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ---------------- |
| Approved external domains (Capable Suite | Capable Suite admin > Capable settings > Egress | \-               |
| Edition                                  | Capable Suite capability list                   | \-               |

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## Limits that apply here

| **Limit**                         | **Value**  | **What happens**                     |
| --------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------ |
| Approved external domains (Suite) | 10 domains | One fixed group, admin-only to save. |

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## A few things that catch people out

* Approving the PDF's host under the Suite's Egress settings can break the embed rather than help it, because the file is then fetched directly by the browser and most PDF hosts refuse that.

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## Related

[Pasting a PDF link into the editor does not create a PDF embedThe macro does not claim pasted links; there is no automatic conversion.](https://help.gocapable.com/pdf-embed/pasting-a-pdf-link-into-the-editor-does-not-create-a-pdf-embed.html)

[Signed-out readers on a public page see "Sign in to view this PDF" or "PDF unavailable" instead of tSigned-out visitors are never issued a Capable access token, so the app cannot fetch the f](https://help.gocapable.com/pdf-embed/signed-out-readers-on-a-public-page-see-sign-in-to-view-this-pdf-or-pdf-unavailable-instead-of-t.html)

[Export and published sitesThe rest of this family.](https://help.gocapable.com/pdf-embed/export-and-published-sites.html)

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