microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Winget downloading stops for no reason.
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Description
Brief description of your issue
Winget starts doing its work and after a while downloading just stops for no reason. My connection is fully stable, and it's been few months with this issue. This problem is not yt-dlp specific. it occurs with other packages too.
It occurs in vintage console (conhost.exe)
It occurs without sudo.exe
Steps to reproduce
Just type this command "sudo winget install yt-dlp"
Expected behavior
yt-dlp gets installed?
Actual behavior
Winget starts doing its work and after a while downloading just stops for no reason. My connection is fully stable, and it's been few months with this issue
Tried a million times to download this specific package no luck. downloading always gets stuck somewhere.
Environment
Windows Package Manager v1.10.340
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.26100.3476
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.25.340.0
Winget Directories
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Logs %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\Diag…
User Settings %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\sett…
Portable Links Directory (User) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Links
Portable Links Directory (Machine) C:\Program Files\WinGet\Links
Portable Package Root (User) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root C:\Program Files\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root (x86) C:\Program Files (x86)\WinGet\Packages
Installer Downloads %USERPROFILE%\Downloads
Configuration Modules %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Configuration\Modules
Links
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Privacy Statement https://aka.ms/winget-privacy
License Agreement https://aka.ms/winget-license
Third Party Notices https://aka.ms/winget-3rdPartyNotice
Homepage https://aka.ms/winget
Windows Store Terms https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/storedocs/terms-of-sale
Admin Setting State
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LocalManifestFiles Disabled
BypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore Disabled
InstallerHashOverride Disabled
LocalArchiveMalwareScanOverride Disabled
ProxyCommandLineOptions Disabled
DefaultProxy Disabled
Windows Terminal version: 1.22.10731.0
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 reproducing sudo winget install yt-dlp in the reported Windows environment and inspect the WinGet diagnostic logs under %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState. The issue does not name a source file or test; done means identifying why downloads stop and adding a verified fix or regression coverage.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100