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Firefox download appears to be corrupt #509

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Prerequisites

  • ✔️ I verified that this is not a filter issue
  • ✔️ This is not a support issue or a question
  • ✔️ I performed a cursory search of the issue tracker to avoid opening a duplicate issue
    • Your issue may already be reported.
  • I tried to reproduce the issue when...
    • [ N/A ] uBlock Origin is the only extension
    • [ N/A ] uBlock Origin with default lists/settings
    • ✔️ using a new, unmodified browser profile
  • [ N/A ] I am running the latest version of uBlock Origin
  • ✔️ I checked the documentation to understand that the issue I report is not a normal behavior

Description

When attempting to download the uBlock Origin extension from the Firefox AddOns, it intermittently gives a Download failed. Please check your connection. error or The addon downloaded from this site could not be installed because it appears to be corrupt.

A specific URL where the issue occurs

Here's the addon page.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Try to download the uBlock Origin extension from the addon page.
  2. The download fails.
  3. Troubleshoot for a bit, check GitHub, and cry a little.

Expected behavior:

Addon downloads successfully.

Actual behavior:

Addon does not download successfully.

Your environment

I've restarted my browser a couple of times, and deleted extensions.json. Other extensions appear to download correctly.

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