diff --git a/lib/plugins/system/htmlparser/htmlparser.js b/lib/plugins/system/htmlparser/htmlparser.js
index 0c60d7c94..980350728 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/system/htmlparser/htmlparser.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/system/htmlparser/htmlparser.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export default {
                             headers: {}
                         });
                     } else if (!!options.exposeStatusCode 
-                            && error.message === 'too_many_redirects') {
+                            && error === 'too_many_redirects') {
 
                         cb(null, {
                             __statusCode: 508, // Hello Instagram, see #503
diff --git a/plugins/custom/meta-fallback.js b/plugins/custom/meta-fallback.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56aee1333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/custom/meta-fallback.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+export default {
+
+    provides: 'meta',
+
+    getData: function(url, __statusCode, options, cb) {
+
+        return __statusCode !== 429 && __statusCode !== 403 &&__statusCode !== 508
+
+            ? cb({
+                responseStatusCode: __statusCode,
+            })
+
+            : cb(null, {
+                meta: {},
+                message: `${options.provider || 'Publisher'} is rate-limiting. Meta disabled.`
+            })
+    }
+};
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diff --git a/plugins/domains/facebook.com/facebook.thumbnail.js b/plugins/domains/facebook.com/facebook.thumbnail.js
index e05234d44..03fd2f83d 100644
--- a/plugins/domains/facebook.com/facebook.thumbnail.js
+++ b/plugins/domains/facebook.com/facebook.thumbnail.js
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ export default {
         'facebook.video'
     ],
 
+    mixins: ['meta-fallback'],
+
     getLink: function(url, __allowFBThumbnail, options, meta) {
 
         var thumbnail = meta.twitter?.image
@@ -58,6 +60,8 @@ export default {
             && options.getProviderOptions('facebook.thumbnail', true) && !/comment_id=/.test(oembed.html)) {
 
             options.followHTTPRedirect = true; // avoid security re-directs of URLs if any
+            options.exposeStatusCode = true;
+            options.provider = 'Facebook';
 
             return {
                 __allowFBThumbnail: true
@@ -67,6 +71,7 @@ export default {
 
     tests: [{
         noFeeds: true,
-        skipMethods: ['getData', 'getLink']
+        skipMethods: ['getData', 'getLink'],
+        skipMixins: ['meta-fallback']
     }]
 };
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