iOS app should clean up failed downloads #272

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2026-04-24T23:14:59+02:00

adam commented

2026-04-24 23:14:59 +02:00

Originally created by @ronaldheft on GitHub (Aug 31, 2022).

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

If a user downloads books that fail to download, and then never attempts to download the book again, files may be leftover on the filesystem

Describe the solution you'd like

The failed downloads on the file system should be cleaned up at some point. We can do it on app launch, or schedule a background task to run and clean thing up. The folder names include the library item id, so we can match directories against the downloads in the database.

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Originally created by @ronaldheft on GitHub (Aug 31, 2022). ### Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. If a user downloads books that fail to download, and then never attempts to download the book again, files may be leftover on the filesystem ### Describe the solution you'd like The failed downloads on the file system should be cleaned up at some point. We can do it on app launch, or schedule a background task to run and clean thing up. The folder names include the library item id, so we can match directories against the downloads in the database. ### Describe alternatives you've considered ### Additional context

adam added the enhancement iOS labels 2026-04-24 23:14:59 +02:00

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2026-04-24 23:58:10 +02:00

[PR #272] [CLOSED] iOS downloads #1396

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Reference: starred/audiobookshelf-app#272