Hello, on my machine ID 250, a lot of "Download failed" today.

In reply to [AF] Phil1966's message of 1 Oct 2026:

Hello, on my machine ID 250, a lot of "Download failed" today.

See here: https://boinc.eternityathome.org/eternity//forum_thread.php?id=14&postid=77#77

I am having some as well but on Linux.

<core_client_version>8.2.5</core_client_version>
<![CDATA[
<message>
WU download error: couldn't get input files:
<file_xfer_error>
<file_name>hints_sha86d98863a1f7a286dc5e244a2744f3437da967b719a30e59ad93f33be3bb5955_b20261001T224702Z_2321107.txt</file_name>
<error_code>-224 (permanent HTTP error)</error_code>
<error_message>permanent HTTP error</error_message>
</file_xfer_error>
<file_xfer_error>
<file_name>catalog_shace0f698fe5706c4d03b3fe54296c60163651fe965491da5182c1f0dd6aef6dd1_b20261001T224702Z_2321107.txt</file_name>
<error_code>-224 (permanent HTTP error)</error_code>
<error_message>permanent HTTP error</error_message>
</file_xfer_error>
</message>
]]>

Zombie's linked thread is for files not running (possibly due to a false positive from antivirus software). In my case, so long as the files download they run fine. However, if files fail to properly download they just sit there and stop Eternity II from getting new tasks until I manually update the project.

Thanks all. These failures came from a bug in our new work generator (an input file shared by many tasks was deleted too early). It's been fixed since 10:36 CEST on 2 October: nothing sent after that has failed to download. Werinbert, you're right that failed downloads were also blocking new work until a manual update; that should no longer happen now that the files stay available.