Sing-box rule-set file error 7.13.3+ | Downloader

[Sameguyy]

After the update, the error "FATAL[0000] create service: initialize router: parse rule-set[0]: invalid sing-box rule-set file" appeared
I tryed to redownload geo files like few times, it changed nothing
And the error is different from the one that was before, for the solution of which it was enough to reinstall the geo files
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2025/08/02 11:35:04.934969 [Info] infra/conf/serial: Reading config: &{Name:config.json Format:json}
[sudo] пароль для Oleg: WARN[0000] legacy special outbounds is deprecated in sing-box 1.11.0 and will be removed in sing-box 1.13.0, checkout documentation for migration: https://sing-box.sagernet.org/migration/#migrate-legacy-special-outbounds-to-rule-actions
FATAL[0000] create service: initialize router: parse rule-set[0]: invalid sing-box rule-set file
Не удалось запустить ядро, посмотрите логи
[VLESS] ZONE-SECURITY-Oleg(y***org:443)
2025/08/02 11:46:09.558449 [Debug] app/log: Logger started
2025/08/02 11:46:09.686132 [Info] app/dns: DNS: created UDP client initialized for 1.1.1.1:53
2025/08/02 11:46:09.686156 [Info] app/dns: DNS: created DOH client for https://1.1.1.1/dns-query, with h2c false
2025/08/02 11:46:09.686159 [Info] app/dns: DNS: created UDP client initialized for 77.88.8.8:53
2025/08/02 11:46:09.687476 [Debug] app/router: MphDomainMatcher is enabled for 1 domain rule(s)
2025/08/02 11:46:09.687481 [Debug] app/router: MphDomainMatcher is enabled for 4 domain rule(s)
2025/08/02 11:46:09.792041 [Debug] app/router: MphDomainMatcher is enabled for 117896 domain rule(s)
2025/08/02 11:46:09.792457 [Debug] app/router: MphDomainMatcher is enabled for 132 domain rule(s)
2025/08/02 11:46:09.792463 [Debug] app/router: MphDomainMatcher is enabled for 1 domain rule(s)
2025/08/02 11:46:10.547154 [Debug] app/router: MphDomainMatcher is enabled for 801367 domain rule(s)
2025/08/02 11:46:10.547186 [Debug] app/proxyman/inbound: creating stream worker on 127.0.0.1:9683
2025/08/02 11:46:10.547569 [Info] transport/internet/tcp: listening TCP on 127.0.0.1:9683
2025/08/02 11:46:10.547634 [Info] transport/internet/udp: listening UDP on 127.0.0.1:9683```

[Sameguyy]

I downloaded .SRS files and dragged all the necessary into the SRSS folder, everything worked
When I did this, I noticed that some files size is less than those that I dragged with my hands, I wonder why this happened

I tried to download files like somewhere 20 times through the interface inside the application, but it continued to download some broken files

https://github.com/runetfreedom/russia-v2ray-rules-dat/releases
sing-box.zip

[Sameguyy]

#7134 (comment) deeper, but there is still no solution

[mezhgano]

Still facing this problem sometimes after updating geofiles, still no solution except manually download .srs files, which differs in size, so that's 100% broken downloads bug.

I think it might be worth try to adopt geofiles download link in settings from Chinese mirror to direct Github (for those who has access to Github, of course), but i don't know how to do this, details here:
#7134 (comment)
#7134 (comment)

[Sameguyy]

https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/runetfreedom/russia-v2ray-rules-dat@release/sing-box/rule-set-geoip/geoip-ru-blocked.srs
Ye, when I follow the link, a normal file is downloaded through the browser, but another one is downloaded through the application, which causes an error, like the corrupted one.

[Sameguyy]

.sh script fix for .srs files Linux
Check that u have curl and /srss folder path is ok
The script looks for files in the folder and re-downloads them

# Folder with .srs files
TARGET_DIR="$HOME/.local/share/v2rayN/bin/srss"

# Basic link
BASE_URL="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/runetfreedom/russia-v2ray-rules-dat@release/sing-box/rule-set"

# We go through each .srs file in the folder
for filepath in "$TARGET_DIR"/*.srs; do
    filename=$(basename "$filepath")
    
    # Determine {0} by name prefix
    if [[ "$filename" == geoip-* ]]; then
        category="geoip"
    elif [[ "$filename" == geosite-* ]]; then
        category="geosite"
    else
        echo "⚠️ Пропускаю неизвестный файл: $filename"
        continue
    fi

    # Substitute into URL
    url="$BASE_URL-$category/$filename"
    echo "📥 Обновляю $filename из $url"

    # Download and replace the local file
    curl -fsSL "$url" -o "$filepath"

    # Success check
    if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
        echo "✅ Успешно обновлён: $filename"
    else
        echo "❌ Ошибка загрузки: $filename"
    fi
done

[mezhgano]

Same script on Powershell for Windows users:

# Directory with .srs files (change to your directory)
# $TARGET_DIR = "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\v2rayN\bin\srss"
$TARGET_DIR = "~\Apps\v2rayN\bin\srss"

# Base url to download from
$BASE_URL = "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/runetfreedom/russia-v2ray-rules-dat@release/sing-box/rule-set"

# Check if directory exist
if (-not (Test-Path -Path $TARGET_DIR)) {
    Write-Host "❌ Error: Directory '$TARGET_DIR' not found"
    exit 1
}

# Loop through all .srs files in directory
Get-ChildItem -Path $TARGET_DIR -Filter *.srs | ForEach-Object {
    $filename = $_.Name

    # Check category
    if ($filename -like "geoip-*") {
        $category = "geoip"
    }
    elseif ($filename -like "geosite-*") {
        $category = "geosite"
    }
    else {
        Write-Host "⚠️ Skip Unknown file: $filename"
        return
    }

    # Build download url
    $url = "$BASE_URL-$category/$filename"
    Write-Host "📥 Update $filename from $url"

    try {
        # Download and overwrite file
        Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $_.FullName -ErrorAction Stop

        # Check if downloaded file not empty
        if ((Get-Item $_.FullName).Length -gt 0) {
            Write-Host "✅ Successfully updated: $filename"
        }
        else {
            Write-Host "❌ Error: Empty file $filename"
        }
    }
    catch {
        Write-Host "❌ Error: Download Failed $filename"
        Write-Host "   Reason: $($_.Exception.Message)"
    }
}

[2dust]

parse rule-set[0]: invalid sing-box rule-set file
只要出现整个提示，就是说 srs 文件有问题，删除了重新下载

[mezhgano]

@2dust we figure it out, the question is: why is it happens?
Re-download from app doesn't work, file still gets broken, only manual download helps.
Maybe consider to add switch how to download updates, with or without proxy? Like in subscriptions updates.

[Sameguyy]

I get broken .SRS files even through VPN tho

@2dust If i downgrade to version 7.13.2, Removing the contents of the /srss folder and redownload helps, but from version 7.13.5 this simply does not give any result

edit : I realized the consequences of changes in version 13.3 in version 13.5*
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@2dust 如果我降級到 7.13.2 版本，刪除 SRSS 資料夾的內容並重新下載會有幫助，但從 7.13.5 版本開始，這根本不起作用。

編輯：我意識到 13.3 版本的變化對 13.5 版本的影響*

[Sameguyy]

program determines anchors 0 and 1 for download correctly

For comparison, here is the file that I download manually
Histogram of the file created by the hex editor

And there is via app

The file that the app downloads is the same every time, If you look through a hex editor or using the cmp command

[Aruany]

same here

[Sameguyy]

ad5d21d#diff-d4d938be6f3333d7e2ad48e252a26dc32c003eab0d6689acb4b30e7b238f577d
I think the issue is in "downloader" package that has been updated to version 4.0.2