Zackriya-Solutions/meetily · error

Retry failed for {}: {}

Error message

Retry failed for {}: {}

What it means

Returned by download_model_detailed on the retry path: the server ignored the Range header, the partial file was deleted, and the second GET (without Range) itself failed at the transport level before any HTTP status arrived. It wraps the reqwest send error for the same file_url that just failed differently - i.e. the connection degraded further between the two attempts.

Source

Thrown at frontend/src-tauri/src/parakeet_engine/parakeet_engine.rs:791

                    log::info!("File {} complete ({} bytes). Skipping.", filename, existing_size);
                    continue;
                } else {
                    // File incomplete but server won't accept range - delete and retry
                    log::warn!(
                        "File {} incomplete ({}/{} bytes). Deleting and retrying.",
                        filename, existing_size, expected_size
                    );

                    if let Err(e) = fs::remove_file(&file_path).await {
                        let mut active = self.active_downloads.write().await;
                        active.remove(model_name);
                        return Err(anyhow!("Failed to delete incomplete file {}: {}", filename, e));
                    }

                    // Retry without Range header
                    log::info!("Retrying {} without resume", filename);
                    response = client.get(&file_url).send().await
                        .map_err(|e| anyhow!("Retry failed for {}: {}", filename, e))?;

                    if !response.status().is_success() {
                        let mut active = self.active_downloads.write().await;
                        active.remove(model_name);
                        return Err(anyhow!("Retry failed for {} with status: {}", filename, response.status()));
                    }

                    (response.content_length().unwrap_or(0), false)
                }
            } else {
                // Other errors
                let mut active = self.active_downloads.write().await;
                active.remove(model_name);
                return Err(anyhow!("Download failed for {} with status: {}", filename, response.status()));
            };

            // Open file for writing (append if resuming, create new if not)
            let file = if resuming {

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Solutions

  1. Wait for stable connectivity and retry the download - the engine resumes from whatever bytes survived
  2. Switch networks (wired, different Wi-Fi, hotspot) if the failure repeats at the same file
  3. Check VPN/proxy stability; disable VPN if it is intercepting the download host
  4. If a specific file repeatedly kills the connection, delete that partial file and let the next attempt start it fresh
Defensive patterns

Strategy: retry

Try / catch

// Transport failure on the no-Range retry: back off and retry the whole download;
// resume keeps already-downloaded bytes
let mut attempt = 0;
loop {
    match engine.download_model(name, None).await {
        Ok(()) => break,
        Err(e) if e.to_string().contains("Retry failed for") && attempt < 3 => {
            attempt += 1;
            tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(10 * attempt as u64)).await;
        }
        Err(e) => return Err(e),
    }
}

Prevention

When it happens

Trigger: Network dropping right as the retry fires (Wi-Fi roam, VPN reconnect); DNS or TLS failure on the second request to huggingface.co / meetily.towardsgeneralintelligence.com; proxy refusing rapid successive connections (rate limiting at the connection level).

Common situations: Unstable hotel/cafe Wi-Fi; VPN tunnel bouncing; mobile hotspot with intermittent connectivity; aggressive corporate proxy throttling repeated GETs.

Related errors

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