Find PDF doesn't work after failing to connect to a server (ID:622903034)

frkeck

Report ID: 622903034

I have noticed that when the Find PDF window fails to retrieve a pdf because the contacted server is not available (e.g. server error 500 or 503), the whole Find PDF stops to work. If there are more PDFs to find in queue, they won't be processed (it seems Zotero tries to collect the first pdf infinitely). If I press cancel and tries to find a PDF for another item, it doesn't work as well. The only solution I found is to restart Zotero.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Start Zotero.
2. Right click on an item that is hosted on a server which is down (I believe Unpaywall does the redirection).
3. Click on Find available PDF.
4. Nothing happens (I would expect Zotero to return 'No pdf found' after a couple of attempts.
5. Right click on another item and Find Available PDF

Again nothing happens (possibly because Zotero is still busy with the first PDF).
  • Mark.E
    I came to the forums to report the exact same behaviour, so adding a comment to this thread.

    Debug ID = D774159616
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