Hi, in the last two version of unraid connect (2025.03.18.1557, 2025.03.18.2027), I noticed that during installation, a node package is downloaded to the flash drive, installed, then deleted from the flash drive.

 

This also happens during boot, but because I have set up an outgoing proxy, and that proxy server is in a docker container on this unraid server, it means plugins do not have an internet connection available before array startup. This causes the node package failing to download, and unraid connect plugin failing to install during boot.

 

Here's the relevant boot log:

Mar 19 17:14:55 Tower plugin-manager: running: 'anonymous'
Mar 19 17:14:55 Tower plugin-manager: running: 'anonymous'
Mar 19 17:14:55 Tower plugin-manager: creating: /boot/config/plugins/dynamix.my.servers/node-v22.14.0-linux-x64.tar.xz - downloading from URL https://nodejs.org/download/release/v22.14.0/node-v22.14.0-linux-x64.tar.xz
Mar 19 17:14:58 Tower rc.local: plugin: installing: dynamix.unraid.net.plg
Mar 19 17:14:58 Tower rc.local: Executing hook script: pre_plugin_checks
Mar 19 17:14:58 Tower rc.local: Installing dynamix.unraid.net.plg 2025.03.18.2027
Mar 19 17:14:58 Tower rc.local: Checking disk space on /usr... ok. (14635MB free)
Mar 19 17:14:58 Tower rc.local: Checking DNS...
Mar 19 17:14:58 Tower rc.local: ⚠️ Do not close this window yet
Mar 19 17:14:58 Tower rc.local: plugin: downloading: node-v22.14.0-linux-x64.tar.xz ...#015plugin: node-v22.14.0-linux-x64.tar.xz download failure: Network failure
Mar 19 17:14:58 Tower rc.local: Executing hook script: post_plugin_checks

 

A workaround is to manually download the node package and place it under /boot/config/plugins/dynamix.my.servers/ prior to reboot, then plugin-manager will be like:

Mar 19 17:36:44 Tower plugin-manager: checking: /boot/config/plugins/dynamix.my.servers/node-v22.14.0-linux-x64.tar.xz - SHA256
Mar 19 17:36:45 Tower plugin-manager: skipping: /boot/config/plugins/dynamix.my.servers/node-v22.14.0-linux-x64.tar.xz already exists

and proceed to success installation.

 

But it's annoying needing to download this manually every time the server needs a reboot, and it seems unnecessary to download the same package every time (which also increases the wear on the flash), so maybe please consider persisting this node package download on the flash drive?

yeah there seems to be a bug with the code 
this is whats used in the install routine

find /boot/config/plugins/dynamix.my.servers/ -name "node-v*-linux-x64.tar.xz" ! -name "&NODEJS_FILENAME;" -delete

it should look like this

find /boot/config/plugins/dynamix.my.servers/ -name "node-v*-linux-x64.tar.xz" ! -name ${NODE_FILE} -delete

to add to that. If you remove the plugin, it does not remove the file (probably as side effect of downloading and deleting it constantly nobody noticed)

Thanks for flagging. We will publish a release asap to remedy this.