Open Bug 1580920 Opened 5 years ago Updated 2 years ago

downloads API cannot resume after a network failure

Categories

(WebExtensions :: General, defect, P5)

Product:
WebExtensions
Component:
General
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

People

(Reporter: nmaier, Unassigned)

Details

STR:

  • Start a download
  • Kill your network connected in interesting ways
  • Resume download

Expected:
Download should resume from the last position (given server supports Ranges).

Actual:
You cannot resume the download, it is marked as CRASH and "canResume = false".

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:jimm, could you have a look please?

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Flags: needinfo?(jmathies)
Flags: needinfo?(jmathies)
Priority: -- → P5

For what it's worth, this is a significant problem for download helpers such as DownThemAll! which can be used by archivists to queue large lists of downloads.

https://github.com/downthemall/downthemall/issues/94

Severity: normal → S3
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