with save_files disabled, restart during a stream and the file is saved
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area: files
type: bug
- Dominant language
- Python
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Description
steps:
save_files: false(default)lbrynet get <some big file>wget -O/dev/null <streaming_url>- restart SDK while that happens (let the wget call die)
- file is resumed without any stream running and writes output to
Downloads
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Research direction
Reproduce the sequence using save_files: false, lbrynet get, the streaming URL, and a restart while wget is active. Trace the download and resume handling around the restart, then verify that an interrupted stream is not resumed or written to Downloads when file saving is disabled.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100