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This is a hint for people who find they occasionally get Forward requests failures in their logs, that look like ...

Nov 24 07:53:26  [ info ] $Fatal Error Details = Array
(
    [ message ] => Invalid form parameters.
    [ code ] =>
)

Nov 24 07:53:26  [ info ] $backTrace = #0 /sites/all/modules/civicrm/CRM/Core/Error.php(300): CRM_Core_Error::backtrace("backTrace", TRUE)
#1 /sites/all/modules/civicrm/CRM/Mailing/Form/ForwardMailing.php(52): CRM_Core_Error::fatal("Invalid form parameters.")
#2 /sites/all/modules/civicrm/CRM/Core/Form.php(338): CRM_Mailing_Form_ForwardMailing->preProcess()
#3 /sites/all/modules/civicrm/CRM/Core/QuickForm/Action/Display.php(93): CRM_Core_Form->buildForm()
#4 /sites/all/modules/civicrm/packages/HTML/QuickForm/Controller.php(203): CRM_Core_QuickForm_Action_Display->perform(Object(CRM_Mailing_Form_ForwardMailing), "display")
#5 /sites/all/modules/civicrm/packages/HTML/QuickForm/Page.php(103): HTML_QuickForm_Controller->handle(Object(CRM_Mailing_Form_ForwardMailing), "display")
#6 /sites/all/modules/civicrm/CRM/Core/Controller.php(289): HTML_QuickForm_Page->handle("display")
#7 /sites/all/modules/civicrm/CRM/Utils/Wrapper.php(115): CRM_Core_Controller->run()
#8 /sites/all/modules/civicrm/CRM/Core/Invoke.php(193): CRM_Utils_Wrapper->run("CRM_Mailing_Form_ForwardMailing", "Forward Mailing", NULL)
#9 /sites/all/modules/civicrm/drupal/civicrm.module(500): CRM_Core_Invoke::invoke((Array:3))
#10 [ internal function ](): civicrm_invoke("mailing", "forward")
#11 /includes/menu.inc(516): call_user_func_array("civicrm_invoke", (Array:2))
#12 /index.php(21): menu_execute_active_handler()
#13 {main}

When I check the webserver logs, the requests are coming from IPs that belong to services like "Google Translate". The URL being requested has no query parameters (eg, "GET /civicrm/mailing/forward HTTP/1.0").

I suspect what is happening is that when recipients of our email use a web-based email client, occasionally those clients follow the links but ignore the arguments. It bothered me that perhaps these messages indicated people were having a bad experience with our site, but I think these are OK.