Download of extra files always fails

[Gilles Caulier]

Hi

New FAQ entry created :
https://www.digikam.org/documentation/faq/#why-download-of-data-files-fails-at-application-startup

best

Gilles Caulier

Le lun. 1 déc. 2025 à 12:28, Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com> a écrit :
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> KDE server availability isn't consistent worldwide; you'll be randomly
> redirected to a nearby server.
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> If you try again, we'll attempt to use an alternative server.
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> However, we generally have no control over which server you're redirected to
> or its availability. Try again at a different time of day.
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> Maik
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> Am Montag, 1. Dezember 2025, 11:51:52 Mitteleuropäische Normalzeit schrieb
> Chris Green:
> > Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> > > When I start Digikam (current 8.7 but has been th same fir a while) I
> > > always get the pop-up asking if I want to download 'Model Files' but
> > > when I try and download them I always get this error:-
> > >
> > >     An error occurred during the download.
> > >
> > >     File: deep-image-orientation-angle-detection.onnx
> > >
> > >     Connection closed
> > >
> > >     You can try again or continue the download at the next start.
> > >
> > > So, how can I sort this out?
> >
> > Typical, as soon as I report this the error clears! :-)
> >
> > I just upgraded to Digikam 8.8, it requested the download as before, I
> > got one error but then when I told it to try again it all worked
> > without any errors.
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