Since months I am getting the same download error on all my machines which costs bandwidth, energy and unnecessarily produces CO2.

Here is a recent work packet example:
https://asteroidsathome.net/boinc/workunit.php?wuid=305425042

And here is the error log:

<core_client_version>7.24.1</core_client_version>
<![CDATA[
<message>
WU download error: couldn't get input files:
<file_xfer_error>
  <file_name>ps_260331_input_19418_114</file_name>
  <error_code>-224 (permanent HTTP error)</error_code>
  <error_message>permanent HTTP error</error_message>
</file_xfer_error>
</message>
]]>

...it applys to hundreds of tasks.
Please check & correct.
Thanks.

Michael.

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President of Rechenkraft.net e.V.

This is still happening.

<core_client_version>8.2.5</core_client_version>
<![CDATA[
<message>
WU download error: couldn't get input files:
<file_xfer_error>
<file_name>ps_260727_input_313498_32</file_name>
<error_code>-224 (permanent HTTP error)</error_code>
<error_message>permanent HTTP error</error_message>
</file_xfer_error>
</message>
]]>

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