How to kill hung download?
When I attempt to download a large file, for example this one, Firefox often:
- consumes my entire available Internet bandwidth, leaving other applications and devices unable to connect to the Internet, or even to other devices on my LAN.
- hangs, i.e. the download doesn't show any progress in the Firefox UI
When I attempt to cancel the download, Firefox does not react. Even if I close Firefox, the download continues to absorb the entire available network capacity. The PC (runniong Windows 10 21H2) can not be shut down normally; I can only stop the process by pressing and holding the PC's power button to effect a hard shutdown. When I restart the PC and restart Firefox, Firefox automatically attempts to resume the failed download, with the same results described above. How can I prevent Firefox from hogging all available network capacity for downloads? How can I terminate hung downloads in a more elegant manner? How can I prevent Firefox from attempting to resume failed downloads the next time I start it? I am currently using Firefox 103.0.2. AFAIK, this is also the latest version at this time.
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Just to verify... Linux or Windows? The tags show Linux, but you mention Windows 10.
The problem occurred under Windows, as I stated. I posted here using Firefox 130.0 on Ubuntu because I didn't dare restart Firefox on Windows, for fear of restarting the hung download and crippling my Internet connection.
Creating a new Firefox profile on Windows may avoid the problem. You can do that with Firefox closed.