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dagon · 09-14-2023, 09:19 AM

Unlike my experience with Deutsche Welle (please see thread), as of this morning the FT fetch still fails. For me, both DW and FT began failing a fetch call on 09/09/2023, both reporting a conversion error.

I regularly fetch 50+ publications. Usually a failed fetch will only persist for a few days, and seems to be caused by a particular article having an unusual structure. I just wait them out. The recent DW and FW failures were different in that both were conversion errors and persisted for some days. I thought it possible both websites had changed their structure at the same time (very rare in my experience).

As you note, perhaps it will begin working again. At least the non "Print Edition" recipe continues to fetch.

Thanks for your quick response.

09-14-2023, 09:19 AM	#3
dagon Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Location: sadly, Texas Device: android	Unlike my experience with Deutsche Welle (please see thread), as of this morning the FT fetch still fails. For me, both DW and FT began failing a fetch call on 09/09/2023, both reporting a conversion error. I regularly fetch 50+ publications. Usually a failed fetch will only persist for a few days, and seems to be caused by a particular article having an unusual structure. I just wait them out. The recent DW and FW failures were different in that both were conversion errors and persisted for some days. I thought it possible both websites had changed their structure at the same time (very rare in my experience). As you note, perhaps it will begin working again. At least the non "Print Edition" recipe continues to fetch. Thanks for your quick response.