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Downloader needs a user-supplied URL before it works

Downloader needs a user-supplied URL or a separate downloader service before anything saves.

Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.

6 public reports · first reported 5 December 2019 · last reported 25 April 2025

Idea report · $19 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Instead of fetching the file, the add-on asks users to find a suitable download link or set up a separate downloader service before anything happens.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 6 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.