Can`t download attachments from Google Mail

[bnckd]

yeah i know that private window and refreshing works but that's not the issue. I simply can't and won't switch to a private window everytime I need to download something and also log in like 50 times a day. This has been going on for such a long time - I don't get why this isn't getting resolved.

[Pathduck]

@bnckd I can download attachments from Gmail and do so almost daily in Vivaldi. I don't use a private window, I block third-party cookies, although I do allow them for google.com

Did you read through this topic and try the troubleshooting steps as suggested?

[bnckd]

as already stated I tried all workarounds, I read everything I could find online (not just here), there are no cookies blocked, all the settings are as they should be.

[Pathduck]

@bnckd OK then do this:

• Open Gmail and the mail you want to download from
• Hit F12 to open Devtools
• Go to the Network tab
• Reload the page with Ctrl+F5
• Wait until it finishes loading
• Try the attachment download
• Look at the log

You SHOULD see requests going to:
https://mail-attachment.googleusercontent.com/attachment/u/0/...
And these requests should have a HTTP status code of 200 OK.

In my case, it looks like this:

That's a 302 redirect first, then the 200 OK from the Googleusercontent domain triggering the download.

The blocked log?format entry at the top is blocked by uBlock which is also running.

[bnckd]

@Pathduck said in Can`t download attachments:

https://mail-attachment.googleusercontent.com/attachment/u/0/...

did that, it says 200 ok almost in every line...still only the first download after refreshing works, the second doesn't..maybe you can see something I can't there

[Pathduck]

@bnckd Hi, no that looks good, no errors in the network log.

No idea why it fails for only you at this point

Is it just that one attachment, or all attachments on Gmail?
You sure you've tested in a clean new profile?

[Stardust]

I can reproduce this old issue even now, here are my steps:

1. Download Vivaldi installer from https://vivaldi.com
2. Wait till it downloaded
3. Go to download page again https://vivaldi.com
4. try to download the same file again - not possible. After pressing Save in the save dialog nothing happens.

Not sure what's happening here, maybe Vivaldi doesn't like that you downloading the same file

You can bypass this by pressing Save link as from the context menu under Download button (https://vivaldi.com/download/)

[Pathduck]

@Stardust This is specifically about downloading attachments from Gmail.

I can't reproduce your problem either.
https://0x0.st/X-fa.mp4

[Stardust]

@Pathduck said in Can`t download attachments:

This is specifically about downloading attachments from Gmail.

oh, sorry, I thought it could be related.

I can't reproduce your problem either.

I see, you open a new tab with download link, try to go back to download page without opening a new tab

[Pathduck]

@Stardust https://0x0.st/X-fe.mp4

Anything else? Vivaldi just works for me.

I thought it could be related.

IF you can reproduce the same issue in Gmail, it might be useful to help figure out where the problem is.

This is of course a Linux topic. According to what I know, @bnckd is on MacOS. I'm on Windows. That's the problem with people digging up two year old topics because they think the problem they're having is the same as someone posted about two years ago (and might be solved on their end long ago).

[Stardust]

@Pathduck said in Can`t download attachments:

Anything else? Vivaldi just works for me.

Please try the same download button.

I am on linux and vivaldi site detects this an redirects to another page, so on windows it works a bit different.

So maybe try to download deb installer on the same https://vivaldi.com/download/ page

[Stardust]

@Pathduck said in Can`t download attachments:

IF you can reproduce the same issue in Gmail, it might be useful to help figure out where the problem is.

I will try to look into it later

[Pathduck]

@Stardust said in Can`t download attachments:

Please try the same download button.

Still works, even changing user agent to Linux and getting the download for DEB suggested.

Try using the Dev.tools. Look what happens when you click the download the second time.

Capture a HAR file and share it.

[sphera]

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[Pathduck]

@sphera Again, this is about Gmail attachments not every failing download you find on the internet.

I'm gonna have to rename this topic...

[sphera]

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[sphera]

@Pathduck
When I was writing in day , I didn't see gmail in the theme, much less linux, sorry