Downloads break down near completion

[Fitzwilliam]

Hi all.  Ever since I upgraded to 0.5.4 (Mac OS 10.6.4 app, Chrome 6.0.472.62), downloads slow down to a near stop right at the end.  I normally get ~ 1 MB/s DL speed, but right at the end, usually less than 1% or left, it drops to less than 1 KB/s, sometimes as far as 3 B/s.  This issue wasn't present in 0.5.3, and I'm using the same sites (nzbs.org, newzleech.com) that I used before.  The issue occurs with both popular and obscure, young and old files.  I would appreciate any help.

[rascalli]

What is in the logs when this happens ??

[shypike]

You're not downloading the same NZB every time, I assume.
Therefor it's hard to tell what the exact cause is.
You can try to downgrade  to 0.5.3 and should that solves the issue,
you might have found a problem with SABnzbd.

[lewl]

I have also noticed this, but I have always assumed it's an issue with the usenet provider, rather than the application.

[Fitzwilliam]

You're not downloading the same NZB every time, I assume.
Therefor it's hard to tell what the exact cause is.
You can try to downgrade  to 0.5.3 and should that solves the issue,
you might have found a problem with SABnzbd.

I've tried downloading a few different files from different sites, and the issue always crops up.  Forgive me, but how do I downgrade to 0.5.3?  That was the first thing I thought to do, but I couldn't find an old versions area on the site.  Perhaps it is a side effect of trying to troubleshoot on pain medication .

[shypike]

Just download the old version from SourceForge and install it again.

[Gfy]

I have the same problem. It does not always occur.

What I did to make those nzbs resume again: paused the queue, disabled a server that didn't work at that moment and restarted SABnzbd. All the next items in queue eventually downloaded fine.

I saw these kind of warnings:
WARNING::[decoder:117] Badly formed yEnc article in

2010-09-22 02:49:32,911::INFO::[SABnzbd:974] SABnzbd.py-0.5.4 (rev=2467)
2010-09-22 02:49:32,911::INFO::[SABnzbd:984] Platform = posix
2010-09-22 02:49:32,912::INFO::[SABnzbd:985] Python-version = 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Jul  5 2010, 11:47:21)
[GCC 4.5.0 20100604 [gcc-4_5-branch revision 160292]]

[shypike]

Do you have multiple servers (like a main server and a backup)?

[Gfy]

I only have enabled/disabled and/or optional servers. No backup servers.

[shypike]

I thought it might have been the potential deadlock with a backup refusing
to tell that it doesn't have an article.
That cannot be the case here,
I don't have a solution now. You can try a downgrade to 0.5.3.
The other poster suspected his upgrade.

[pobox]

Something very strange there, why does the log show the wrong msg-id?


An article with that msg-id does not exist on Usenet.


This article does exist, though badly formed (truncated) and must be repaired.

[shypike]

SABnzbd does what the NZB file tells it to do.
Check the NZB file.