Decompressed delta part exceeds configured limit

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flatpak update
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    ID                           Branch          Op         Remote          Download
  1. [✗] org.mozilla.firefox stable u flathub 19.8 MB / 125.6 MB

Error: While pulling app/org.mozilla.firefox/x86_64/stable from remote flathub: Decompressed delta part exceeds configured limit of 76330069 bytes
Updates complete.
error: There were one or more errors

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Looks like a bug, "Decompressed delta part exceeds configured limit" error while updating Firefox · Issue #3635 · ostreedev/ostree · GitHub

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I had the same problem some time ago.
The way I got around the problem was simply to uninstall/install Firefox, i.e.

flatpak uninstall org.mozilla.firefox
flatpak install flathub org.mozilla.firefox
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The cleaner method would have been to use the --no-static-deltas flag to not have to remove and reinstall the application.

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yes that fixes it one time temporary command when this appears

flatpak update or.mozilla.firefox --no-static-deltas

well it seems i got it again each time on flathub firefox as today is 154.0.1 update or something and same delta issue

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Little typeo there, should be flatpak update org.mozilla.firefox --no-static-deltas

Not sure how I haven’t hit it with firefox even though i update daily (maybe because I use the testing version from the beta repo? …still waiting for them to package the developers edition :beetle:)

Or, for those experiencing it with Bitwarden (and for web search visitors):

flatpak update com.bitwarden.desktop --no-static-deltas

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Yeah good catch on typo and i am on cosmic atomic today i hit this one again on but it says on cosmic flatpak or something similar i will update exact here when back on laptop

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well today it is same as before as i got cosmic updates