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Assets left in cache location in the event of a cancelled sync task

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Description

Author: wibbit (wibbit)

Redmine Issue: 7636, https://pulp.plan.io/issues/7636


While syncing a ~30GB rpm repository, the task was stopped partway through the process.

This left all of the downloaded assets behind in the WORKING_DIRECTORY, this particular issue is compounded by #7635.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing a cancelled sync task against a large RPM repository and inspect how downloaded assets are handled in WORKING_DIRECTORY. The work is done when cancelling the sync no longer leaves its downloaded assets behind; also check the interaction with issue #7635.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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