Search failing with "the file condensed couldn't be opened"

[NorseGaud]

2.0 / arm64

❯ sw_vers
ProductName:		macOS
ProductVersion:		14.3
BuildVersion:		23D56

❯ mist list firmware Sonoma --compatible --latest -o json
┌──────────────────┐
│ INPUT VALIDATION │
└──────────────────┘
  ├─ List search string will be 'Sonoma'...
  ├─ Search only for latest (first) result will be 'true'...
  ├─ Include betas in search results will be 'false'...
  ├─ Only include compatible firmwares will be 'true'...
  ├─ macOS Firmware metadata cache path will be '/Users/Shared/Mist/firmwares.json'...
  ├─ Output type will be 'json'...
┌────────┐
│ SEARCH │
└────────┘
  ├─ Searching for macOS Firmware versions...
  ├─ The file “condensed” couldn’t be opened.
  └─ Found 0 macOS Firmware(s) available for download

[NorseGaud]

Seems inconsistent. If I run it another 5 times, I get 1 or 2 times it actually works.

[NorseGaud]

Interestingly, when it does work, it actually doesn't work:

++ sudo mist download firmware 23D56 --firmware-name macos-%VERSION%.ipsw --compatible --output-directory /Applications
 . . .
  ├─ UniversalMac_14.3_23D56_Restore.ipsw...... [ 03.28 GB / 14.51 GB (22.64%) ]
  ├─ The request timed out.
  ├─ Retrying attempt [ 1 / 10 ] in 30 seconds...
  ├─ UniversalMac_14.3_23D56_Restore.ipsw...... [ 03.28 GB / 14.51 GB (22.64%) ]
  ├─ The request timed out.
  ├─ Retrying attempt [ 2 / 10 ] in 30 seconds...
  ├─ UniversalMac_14.3_23D56_Restore.ipsw...... [ 03.28 GB / 14.51 GB (22.64%) ]
  ├─ The request timed out.
  ├─ Retrying attempt [ 3 / 10 ] in 30 seconds...
  ├─ UniversalMac_14.3_23D56_Restore.ipsw...... [ 03.28 GB / 14.51 GB (22.64%) ]
  ├─ The request timed out.
  ├─ Retrying attempt [ 4 / 10 ] in 30 seconds...
  ├─ UniversalMac_14.3_23D56_Restore.ipsw...... [ 03.28 GB / 14.51 GB (22.64%) ]
  ├─ The request timed out.
  ├─ Retrying attempt [ 5 / 10 ] in 30 seconds...
  ├─ UniversalMac_14.3_23D56_Restore.ipsw...... [ 03.28 GB / 14.51 GB (22.64%) ]
  ├─ The request timed out.
  ├─ Retrying attempt [ 6 / 10 ] in 30 seconds...
  ├─ UniversalMac_14.3_23D56_Restore.ipsw...... [ 03.28 GB / 14.51 GB (22.64%) ]
  ├─ The request timed out.
  ├─ Retrying attempt [ 7 / 10 ] in 30 seconds...
  ├─ UniversalMac_14.3_23D56_Restore.ipsw...... [ 03.28 GB / 14.51 GB (22.64%) ]
  ├─ The request timed out.
  ├─ Retrying attempt [ 8 / 10 ] in 30 seconds...
  ├─ UniversalMac_14.3_23D56_Restore.ipsw...... [ 03.28 GB / 14.51 GB (22.64%) ]
  ├─ The request timed out.
  ├─ Retrying attempt [ 9 / 10 ] in 30 seconds...
  ├─ UniversalMac_14.3_23D56_Restore.ipsw...... [ 03.28 GB / 14.51 GB (22.64%) ]
  ├─ The request timed out.
  ├─ Retrying attempt [ 10 / 10 ] in 30 seconds...
  ├─ UniversalMac_14.3_23D56_Restore.ipsw...... [ 03.28 GB / 14.51 GB (22.64%) ]
  ├─ Saving resume data to '/private/tmp/com.ninxsoft.mist/com.ninxsoft.mist.14.3-23D56/UniversalMac_14.3_23D56_Restore.ipsw.resumeData'...
  └─ Maximum number of retries reached.

[ninxsoft]

@NorseGaud the The file “condensed” couldn’t be opened. error you are seeing refers to the macOS firmware JSON metadata file that mist is attempting to download:

mist-cli/Mist/Model/Firmware.swift

Line 22 in ef064a5

static let firmwaresURL: String = "https://api.ipsw.me/v3/firmwares.json/condensed"

In my testing, this error can occur at certain times when the file is not accessible via the web, i.e. when it is being updated by the maintainer of ipsw.me.

To combat this, the condensed file is cached locally via the --metadata-cache option (default: /Users/Shared/Mist/firmwares.json), so that downloads can still occur if a slightly older version of the condensed file was previously cached.

Is this the behaviour you are experiencing?

[NorseGaud]

Thanks @ninxsoft , I feel like I had this issue last year but the experience differs...

Couldn't it just fall back to --metadata-cache?