Confusing error messages re checksum errors

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Domain
documentation, frontend

Research direction

Start with the UI paths for new package uploads and failed package downloads, then trace where the quoted checksum error is produced. Document the situations that lead to the message or define clearer wording for each case, with completion shown by the affected UI messages and documentation.

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Description

enhancement

When a new package is uploaded, or if the package download failed, we see errors like

Checksum error: The package checksum does not match the package source code

on the UI. We should try harder to give a better error message and/or document the situations which could lead to such messages.

Dominant language
Racket
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