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[Package Issue]: KiCad.KiCad needs new download urls

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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.
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In a 24 hour period, we have over half a million get requests due to winget from just 6 users.
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It continued the requests even with Cloudflare returning HTTP 429 rate limit codes.
As such, winget is will be outright blocked from our infrastructure. ;)

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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
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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.

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Assessment

Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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