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Re: save_url download_failed info?

save_url download_failed info?

abeisgreat
New member | Level 2

My app works fairly well sometimes, but it seems to randomly get back download_failed from the save_url endpoint. Is there any known restrictions / issues / timeouts / etc that could be discussed so I can design my app around this?

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Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
There is a 5 minute timeout, in that if it takes longer than 5 minutes to download the file from the provided URL, the download will fail. Might that be the issue?

If you're seeing unexpected failures, feel free to open a ticket with some sample job IDs and we can look into it: https://www.dropbox.com/developers/contact

abeisgreat
New member | Level 2
Ahh, that sounds like the issue. I assume there's no way to extend that timeout?

Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
No, unfortunately there isn't a way to change that, but I'll pass this along as a feature request.

Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff

Update: the timeout has been increased to 15 minutes.

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