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download.py fails to consider errors failures

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Since Oct 5, 2026.

Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
68/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by reading download.py and the linked Actions log to trace how download errors are handled and how the updated-compiler count is produced. Done means failed downloads are not counted as updated and the script returns a non-zero status when a download fails.

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Description

bug good first issue

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2026-09-30 20:30:25.851 INFO get_compiler_raw mwcc_20_72 (nds_arm9) was successfully downloaded into /cromper/compilers/nds_arm9/mwcc_20_72
2026-09-30 20:30:25.852 INFO get_compiler_raw Processing mwcc_30_123 (nds_arm9)
2026-09-30 20:30:25.884 ERROR run Exception thrown while processing item: ('Connection aborted.', RemoteDisconnected('Remote end closed connection without response'))
2026-09-30 20:30:25.884 INFO get_compiler_raw Processing mwcc_30_126 (nds_arm9)
2026-09-30 20:30:25.939 INFO get_compiler_raw mwcc_20_79 (nds_arm9) was successfully downloaded into /cromper/compilers/nds_arm9/mwcc_20_79
...
2026-09-30 20:30:59.122 INFO main Updated 213 / 213 compiler(s) in 42.77 second(s)

Failed downloads shouldn't count as updated compilers, and they should probably make the download script return a non-zero value

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