Error when searching Ludusavi for games to import (List no longer searchable)

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Not sure why this is happening now because it previously functioned as expected, but when I search the Ludusavi list, I get:

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Game Backup Monitor
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An error has occurred during Ludusavi data conversion.



Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
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OK   
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Game Backup Monitor
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This list does not contain any new games to import.
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OK   
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I lost Internet connection during the first time I encountered the issue and there was actually a third popup box which appeared (before the other two):

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Game Backup Monitor
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An error has occurred reading the text file.



Unable to read data from the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.
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OK   
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It is no longer possible to search and therefore import any manifests from Ludusavi.

Maybe I need to delete some file so that a fresh copy is fetched?

GBM 1.3.1
Windows 11

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Found the answer: Deleting both "manifest.etag" and "manifest.yaml" files from %LOCALAPPDATA%\gbm on Windows and performing a new search caused them to be re-downloaded and now the Import Game Configurations window works as before.

I noticed that "manifest.yaml" was 0 bytes on disk prior to deletion, so it was probably that file alone that caused the issue.

[MikeMaximus]

Thanks for the report. I'll update the error handling to delete the files automatically or change the order the etag is created so it doesn't get stuck that way after a download failure.

The issue was that the etag file was being created/updated regardless of if the download failed. Since the etag matched the server, it was trying to use the empty cache file instead of downloading a fresh one.

I fixed that problem and some other flaws I noticed with the error handling when the list downloads fail.