Board Manager JSON (http status code from server: 403)

[JorinL]

Hey there,

I receive this error in version 1.8.7 and 1.8.8 with Win10 X64 :

Error downloading http://downloads.arduino.cc/packages/package_index.json
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.Exception: Fehler beim Herunterladen von http://downloads.arduino.cc/packages/package_index.json
        at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ui.ContributionManagerUI.lambda$onUpdatePressed$1(ContributionManagerUI.java:150)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: java.lang.Exception: Fehler beim Herunterladen von http://downloads.arduino.cc/packages/package_index.json
        at cc.arduino.contributions.DownloadableContributionsDownloader.download(DownloadableContributionsDownloader.java:139)
        at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ContributionInstaller.download(ContributionInstaller.java:333)
        at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ContributionInstaller.downloadIndexAndSignature(ContributionInstaller.java:307)
        at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ContributionInstaller.updateIndex(ContributionInstaller.java:285)
        at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ui.ContributionManagerUI.lambda$onUpdatePressed$1(ContributionManagerUI.java:146)
        ... 1 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Received invalid http status code from server: 403
        at cc.arduino.utils.network.FileDownloader.downloadFile(FileDownloader.java:205)
        at cc.arduino.utils.network.FileDownloader.download(FileDownloader.java:132)
        at cc.arduino.contributions.DownloadableContributionsDownloader.download(DownloadableContributionsDownloader.java:137)
        ... 5 more`

Deleted my Arduino15 directory and tried also with "no proxy" selected. No change for me.

[facchinm]

Hi @JorinL ,
are you able to reach http://downloads.arduino.cc/packages/package_index.json using a browser? If so, it looks a bit like #7573 and you may try if PR #8436 solves the issue.

[JorinL]

Hi @JorinL ,
are you able to reach http://downloads.arduino.cc/packages/package_index.json using a browser? If so, it looks a bit like #7573 and you may try if PR #8436 solves the issue.

Hey @facchinm
After a captcha I can reach it in my browser (firefox).
Trying now PR #8436

[JorinL]

PR #8436 did not fix my problem - 403 persists.

To give some more informations:

I changed my hardware to a new CPU and Motherboard - fresh installed Win10 and up to date.
Installed Arduino IDE x64 Release 1.8.8
And experienced directly that problem.

[facchinm]

After a captcha I can reach it in my browser (firefox).

Wow, the captcha stuff is totally unexpected and could be causing such issues. I'm forwarding this to the web team to get some hints @mastrolinux @gvarisco

[gvarisco]

@facchinm captcha is due to any of those reasons. As per the official documentation, I've just disabled the captcha challenge on downloads.arduino.cc/*

@JorinL could you give it a try now?

[JorinL]

@gvarisco thank you! Works now like it should! :-)
Thanks also @facchinm :-)

[OldSurferDude]

I'm having this problem now (2020 005 16 20h14 PDT) Yes, I can only access the file by going through the captcha. Can you turn it off? 2020 05 17 07h49 PDT Thanks! All is working again

[BackMountainDevil]

I'm having this problem now (2020 005 16 20h14 PDT) Yes, I can only access the file by going through the captcha. Can you turn it off? 2020 05 17 07h49 PDT Thanks! All is working again

So how you solve that?

[OldSurferDude]

Sorry. I only vaguely remember the issue and I can't remember how to access the thread. Osd

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