The last day of so, I’ve noticed updates and downloads being abnormally slow. Anyone else?
In the F‑Droid app, open Repositories, select Mirrors, and then uncheck the default mirror as well as any mirrors that aren’t nearby.
Thanks, do you suggest leaving the .onion mirrors on? Will they only be used when one has Orbot or some other tor setup connected?
Here’s the reason for the slowness described https://f-droid.org/en/2025/08/28/twif.html
About onion - they would not work without tor enabled.
F-droids official statement from Mastodon:
If you feel that #FDroid downloads are slow, just press ❎ to cancel the download then press Install/Update again so it picks up some other mirror.
There’s no unified “F-Droid server” but several and a dozen or more mirrors.
Each time you try again it will use a different one. Hopefully the next one will have better bandwidth.
/PS: We’ve seen the reports, we will look into it.
Good tip, thanks for the repost.
Glad I could help 😊
I also noticed it the last few days.
Fdroid apps have mirrors for its own repo but you never know which server is used and why it is slow.
On droidify, you can choose one yourself. Choose one closer to you so It balances out load to main server.
- Tap and hold the f-droid repo
- Press edit
- On the address dropdown
- Choose a different mirror.
Find one closer to you and check if they’re updated as same as official mirror: https://marzzzello.gitlab.io/mirror-monitor/mirror/
You’ll have to re-sync the repo, so the app verifications won’t fail. Sometimes it may also require an app restart.
It’s a hint that F-Droid need our support.
Yup, experiencing the same. Assumed it was another ddos or something, those are popular recently.
I just thought it was my slow internet because I’m in the countryside
Was just trying an update again and so slow. .
Also lots of images aren’t loading on Lemmy, I was beginning to think something was wrong with my network until I read this and realized just a conincidence
I just thought it was my slow internet because I’m in the countryside
Only osmand was slow for me but that looked like a pretty big update
