Connectivity issues with nsis-web

[mastergberry]

• Version: 15.4.3

• Target: Windows (Nsis-Web)

I'm not sure if this was fixed in later versions, but i've had a few miscellaneous reports here and there that people are having issues download sometimes from cloudfront (AWS S3 CDN). I've seen other screenshots (I don't have atm) that show a user having issues with the download stopping like 1/3 of the way through saying it lost connection and can't continue and consistently doing this when he had no other internet issues.

Are there any known bugs with the nsis-web downloader plugins being used?

[develar]

I am not aware.

We should:

1. try 3 times before user confirmation to retry.
2. try to download without proxy.

[develar]

BTW, user now (next version will be released), can

Download package file into the same directory where installer located. It will be detected automatically and used instead of downloading from the Internet. Please note — only original package file is allowed (checksum is checked).

[mastergberry]

Is it possible for the download to resume if it does lose connectivity? Or not possible with the way it downloads the files.

[mastergberry]

Another user said in the past he had no issues downloading the client on older versions but couldn't download this one cleanly for some reason.

[mastergberry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb8Uenf-Dyw

A different user recorded this being an issue...I think they got it to work later, asking what they changed/how it was fixed or if they are still having issues.

[mastergberry]

User from video claims to have moved to a new house and new ISP and this was how it got fixed for him...so many some ISP's are adding proxies automatically and causing issues which is probably beyond our scope of control?

[develar]

causing issues which is probably beyond our scope of control?

Used NSIS plugin tries to use system/explorer proxy. We can try to download without proxy.

Yes — bypassing of ISP proxy is not "possible".

I will check issue when delta updates will be implemented.

[develar]

We are going to promote web installer (since it is awesome) and this feature will be implemented in a short term.

[mastergberry]

We only use awesome features at Badlion 🏆

[stale]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.

[develar]

Addressed in 21.1.0, but only end user can verify that is fixed.