{"record":{"id":"38b8b8c1df5383a9","repo":"Zackriya-Solutions/meetily","slug":"retry-failed-for","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Retry failed for {}: {}","messagePattern":"Retry failed for (.+?): (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"frontend/src-tauri/src/parakeet_engine/parakeet_engine.rs","lineNumber":791,"sourceCode":"                    log::info!(\"File {} complete ({} bytes). Skipping.\", filename, existing_size);\n                    continue;\n                } else {\n                    // File incomplete but server won't accept range - delete and retry\n                    log::warn!(\n                        \"File {} incomplete ({}/{} bytes). Deleting and retrying.\",\n                        filename, existing_size, expected_size\n                    );\n\n                    if let Err(e) = fs::remove_file(&file_path).await {\n                        let mut active = self.active_downloads.write().await;\n                        active.remove(model_name);\n                        return Err(anyhow!(\"Failed to delete incomplete file {}: {}\", filename, e));\n                    }\n\n                    // Retry without Range header\n                    log::info!(\"Retrying {} without resume\", filename);\n                    response = client.get(&file_url).send().await\n                        .map_err(|e| anyhow!(\"Retry failed for {}: {}\", filename, e))?;\n\n                    if !response.status().is_success() {\n                        let mut active = self.active_downloads.write().await;\n                        active.remove(model_name);\n                        return Err(anyhow!(\"Retry failed for {} with status: {}\", filename, response.status()));\n                    }\n\n                    (response.content_length().unwrap_or(0), false)\n                }\n            } else {\n                // Other errors\n                let mut active = self.active_downloads.write().await;\n                active.remove(model_name);\n                return Err(anyhow!(\"Download failed for {} with status: {}\", filename, response.status()));\n            };\n\n            // Open file for writing (append if resuming, create new if not)\n            let file = if resuming {","sourceCodeStart":773,"sourceCodeEnd":809,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/Zackriya-Solutions/meetily/blob/0281737d87d26352fb0adc78c8c0975f691b23d1/frontend/src-tauri/src/parakeet_engine/parakeet_engine.rs#L773-L809","documentation":"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.","triggerScenarios":"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).","commonSituations":"Unstable hotel/cafe Wi-Fi; VPN tunnel bouncing; mobile hotspot with intermittent connectivity; aggressive corporate proxy throttling repeated GETs.","solutions":["Wait for stable connectivity and retry the download - the engine resumes from whatever bytes survived","Switch networks (wired, different Wi-Fi, hotspot) if the failure repeats at the same file","Check VPN/proxy stability; disable VPN if it is intercepting the download host","If a specific file repeatedly kills the connection, delete that partial file and let the next attempt start it fresh"],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"retry","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"// Transport failure on the no-Range retry: back off and retry the whole download;\n// resume keeps already-downloaded bytes\nlet mut attempt = 0;\nloop {\n    match engine.download_model(name, None).await {\n        Ok(()) => break,\n        Err(e) if e.to_string().contains(\"Retry failed for\") && attempt < 3 => {\n            attempt += 1;\n            tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(10 * attempt as u64)).await;\n        }\n        Err(e) => return Err(e),\n    }\n}","preventionTips":["Do not blind-retry instantly - the retry fires on an already degrading connection","Stabilize the network (wired link, different Wi-Fi, disable flaky VPN) before large model downloads","Remember partial files are kept, so later attempts resume instead of restarting from zero"],"tags":["parakeet","network","reqwest","download","retry"],"backgroundTag":"network-request-failed","analyzedSha":"0281737d87d26352fb0adc78c8c0975f691b23d1","analyzedAt":"2026-08-16T20:57:52.567Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-16T23:17:17.608Z"}