microsoft / microsoft/winget-pkgs
[Package Issue]: KiCad.KiCad needs new download urls
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Description
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- I have searched for my issue and not found a work-in-progress/duplicate/resolved issue.
- I have not been informed if the issue is resolved in a preview version of the winget client.
Category of the issue
Installation issue.
Brief description of your issue
Due to insane DDOS behavior of winget, we have permanently blocked winget from downloads.kicad.org
I don't know what in the world is wrong with winget, but in a winget download session, all it does is spam new HTTP GET requests
In this image, my IP is highlighted when I tested winget download kicad.kicad, only once. It generated 270 requests.
In a 24 hour period, we have over half a million get requests due to winget from just 6 users.
It continued the requests even with Cloudflare returning HTTP 429 rate limit codes.
As such, winget is will be outright blocked from our infrastructure. ;)
Steps to reproduce
winget download kicad.kicad
Actual behavior
Thousands of HTTP GET requests
Expected behavior
One HTTP GET request.
Environment
Windows Package Manager v1.6.2771
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.19045.3570
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.21.2771.0
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
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
Screenshots and Logs
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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 winget download kicad.kicad with the reported Windows Package Manager version and review the request behavior described in the issue. Trace the KiCad.KiCad package definition and its download sources, then verify that the updated sources work and that the command makes only the expected request without repeated rate-limited retries.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100