Download Delay Issue

[H4Z4RD-H42]

v1.0.2-stable

Description
The file download process takes an extremely long time to initiate, sometimes up to 20 or 30 minutes. The larger the file, the longer the delay.
I am not referring to the actual download speed, which remains normal. I am referring solely to the time lapse between clicking the "Download" button and the browser's "Save File" dialog box actually appearing.

Expected behaviour
The download should initiate immediately or at least within a few seconds.

What is happening instead?
After clicking "Download," nothing happen on the screen. I can still navigate freely through the folders.
At some point (after a long delay and if I didn't change the page), the file saving dialog appears.

• Scenario A (Waiting): If I wait patiently without navigating away or interacting with other folders, the download eventually starts after X minutes (where X is proportional to the file size).

• Scenario B (Navigation): If, after clicking "Download," I continue to browse other folders or directories, the download never initiates, even after 20 or 30 minutes.

Additional context
Unfortunately, I cannot determine if this issue is related to a recent Filebrowser update or other circumstances.
Until about 1 week ago, I had no problems and everything worked very well.
In the meantime, I migrated the server to a new machine. I reinstalled Filebrowser from scratch; I did not migrate the database or configuration (everything is new).
I am currently using a basic configuration.

filebrowser config.yaml

server:
  baseURL: "/filebrowser"
  database: "data/database.db"
  sources:
    - path: "/"
      config:
        defaultEnabled: true

docker compose

services:
  filebrowser:
    environment:
      FILEBROWSER_CONFIG: "data/config.yaml"
    volumes:
      - '/home/my_user:/home/my_user'
      - '/opt/docker/apps/filebrowser/data:/home/filebrowser/data'
      - '/opt/docker/apps/filebrowser/tmp:/home/filebrowser/tmp'
    ports:
      - '90:80'
    image: gtstef/filebrowser
    container_name: filebrowser
    restart: unless-stopped

Here, I tested downloading a MKV file of 8.5 GB.
In the first screenshot, I highlighted the moment I clicked 'Download'.
In the second screenshot, I highlighted the moment the 'Save File' dialog box finally appeared.
In this specific case, it only took 4-5 minutes, not 20, but I believe this is still anomalous, and I'm unsure what the cause might be.

I am currently using the stable-slim Docker version. I also tried the full version, but it was the same story (same issue). I have performed other tests and trials as well, but without success.

[H4Z4RD-H42]

I did further testing and I think I've understood what's happening, and it's quite trivial: when I click 'Download' the file immediately starts downloading, but the save window is only shown once the download is complete. In fact, upon pressing 'Save,' the file immediately reaches 100% and is saved, regardless of its size.

It's a bit like how Mega does it, except that Mega has an indicator that shows the download progress.

If I'm not mistaken, a few versions ago this didn't happen, and the file was actually downloaded by the browser, allowing the progress to be viewed on the browser's 'Download' page (yes I know I can still do it now, but I don't have time to see it before it's already at 100%).

If this is the case, are there any plans to give the user the option to choose how the download is performed, whether through the file browser or the browser?

Thank you very much for all your hard work.

[gtsteffaniak]

Thanks for opening this, this is something I didn't test in real-world situations. I recently changed the download process to address another issue about download errors not showing up.

But I think this change also hides the browser's download progress which is quite important to see.

Let me see what I can do.

[gtsteffaniak]

ok 1.0.3-stable and 1.1.3-beta should both have this fixed!

[AKSKMY]

Hi! As of now I assume you are working on a way to show a pre-download notification correct? As upon clicking download > ZIP it can be seen its "downloading" in the background but no visible popup etc to know of it the status?

Also is there a cap on the downloading speed as opposed to uploading speed?

Thanks!