Add ability to cancel a pending content request
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Description
1. Start playing a video
1. While the video is loading, there is no way to cancel the pending load.
This is contrary to good UX. Whenever possible, a user should be able to undo what they just did.
This may require a change to the daemon itself, if a pending `get` call cannot be cancelled. Otherwise, the answer would be to add a cancel UI element that calls `file_set_status` or `file_delete`.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing the video-loading flow and the pending daemon `get` call, then inspect how `file_set_status` and `file_delete` are used. Determine whether the pending request can be cancelled at the daemon level or needs a UI control; done means a user can cancel a loading video request without leaving it pending.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- electron, javascript, react
- Domain
- backend, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100