bug: Windows Network Installer Progress Bar should account for downloading of dependencies

[0xSage]

Cortex version

v123

Describe the Bug

1. Use latest windows installer
2. Go through all the steps
3. Final step / download status stalls at 100% for 2-5 minutes
4. User isn't able to click close or exit

Only filing this issue because its a noticeable increase in the stall time since previous versions v8x.

Questions:

1. What are we doing in this final step?
2. Is it better to show this as "in progress" if the final step takes time.

Steps to Reproduce

No response

Screenshots / Logs

What is your OS?

• MacOS
• Windows
• Linux

What engine are you running?

• cortex.llamacpp (default)
• cortex.tensorrt-llm (Nvidia GPUs)
• cortex.onnx (NPUs, DirectML)

[hiento09]

The installer process on Windows hangs when it’s downloading the llamacpp engine along with dependencies from the internet. I will update the Installer UI to avoid user confusion. The prolonged hang time might be due to the network speed of the end user.

[0xSage]

Nice, good idea. Yeah, I would still show it as in progress downloading, with copy like “downloading dependencies”.

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[hiento09]

New Approach @0xSage

Installer.mp4

[0xSage]

@hiento09 Is it possible for us to do this without popping up a terminal window?

Popping up a terminal window, without the user's knowledge, feels like we're downloading a virus.

Is it possible to adjust the green progress bar, in the native windows installer, to account for the dependency download status? At the moment, the only confusing part is it says 100%, but the downloader is still downloading.

[hiento09]

@hiento09 Is it possible for us to do this without popping up a terminal window?

Popping up a terminal window, without the user's knowledge, feels like we're downloading a virus.

Is it possible to adjust the green progress bar, in the native windows installer, to account for the dependency download status? At the moment, the only confusing part is it says 100%, but the downloader is still downloading.

Ok, let me try searching for a way to display 80% or 90% instead of 100% as it currently shows.

[hiento09]

installer.mp4

[gabrielle-ong]

@hiento09 is there a way to increment the progress bar with download progress between 80% to 100%?

If it's too much effort, we can KIV - as we are focusing on the full installer

[hiento09]

@hiento09 is there a way to increment the progress bar with download progress between 80% to 100%?

If it's too much effort, we can KIV - as we are focusing on the full installer

Hi @gabrielle-ong , I haven't found a way to increment the progress bar between 80% to 100% based on download progress yet. Let's KIV this.

[gabrielle-ong]

Closing - thank you Hien!