Posted February 22, 2022
I noticed that the time a download link is valid has changed recently.
Normally, I download all updates/patches and installers using a download manager that downloads one at a time, so the files don't fragment on my external USB hard disk drive. So I add link after link, and the download manager then downloads them over night.
Yesterday I noticed that this doesn't work anymore. By the time two or more 4 GB files (patches) are downloaded, the rest of the links in the list are no longer valid, and the downloads fail.
What might be the reason for this change? Download links used to be valid for at least 12 or even 24 hours. Why the change?
Normally, I download all updates/patches and installers using a download manager that downloads one at a time, so the files don't fragment on my external USB hard disk drive. So I add link after link, and the download manager then downloads them over night.
Yesterday I noticed that this doesn't work anymore. By the time two or more 4 GB files (patches) are downloaded, the rest of the links in the list are no longer valid, and the downloads fail.
What might be the reason for this change? Download links used to be valid for at least 12 or even 24 hours. Why the change?