nextcloud / nextcloud/server

Resume downloads

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client: 💻 desktop client: 🤖🍏 mobile feature: dav feature: files hotspot: file transfer performance overview
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Description

  • Android @tobiasKaminsky
  • Desktop @er-vin
  • iOS @marinofaggiana
  • Server @nextcloud/server-triage

Clients should try to restart their download in case of network interruptions, so that a big file does not need to get re-downloaded all over again.
As far as I understand this, clients can allready ask server via http range request for specific parts of the file.

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Research direction

Review the Android, Desktop, iOS, and Server work items in the issue, starting with each client’s interrupted-download handling and the server’s HTTP range-request support. Done means downloads resume after network interruptions without restarting the entire file, with the behavior addressed across the listed clients and server.

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Assessment

Tech stack
android, ios
Domain
backend-api-design, cloud
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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