Openh264 module fails to update

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```dnf update openh264`` fails repeatedly with the following error message stream:

[root@hera3 ~]# dnf update openh264 -y
Updating and loading repositories:
 Fedora 42 - x86_64 - Updates                                                    100% |  75.2 KiB/s |  26.8 KiB |  00m00s
Repositories loaded.
Package                               Arch     Version                               Repository                      Size
Upgrading:
 openh264                             x86_64   2.5.1-1.fc42                          fedora-cisco-openh264        1.1 MiB
   replacing openh264                 x86_64   2.4.1-2.fc42                          fedora-cisco-openh264        1.1 MiB

Transaction Summary:
 Upgrading:          1 package
 Replacing:          1 package

Total size of inbound packages is 423 KiB. Need to download 423 KiB.
After this operation, 12 KiB extra will be used (install 1 MiB, remove 1 MiB).
[1/1] openh264-0:2.5.1-1.fc42.x86_64                                               0% |   0.0   B/s |   0.0   B |  00m00s
>>> Curl error (7): Could not connect to server for http://ciscobinary.openh264.org/openh264-2.5.1-1.fc42.x86_64.rpm [Fai
>>> Curl error (7): Could not connect to server for http://ciscobinary.openh264.org/openh264-2.5.1-1.fc42.x86_64.rpm [Fai
>>> Curl error (7): Could not connect to server for http://ciscobinary.openh264.org/openh264-2.5.1-1.fc42.x86_64.rpm [Fai
>>> Curl error (7): Could not connect to server for http://ciscobinary.openh264.org/openh264-2.5.1-1.fc42.x86_64.rpm [Fai
>>> No more mirrors to try - All mirrors were already tried without success
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[1/1] Total                                                                      100% |   0.0   B/s |   0.0   B |  00m01s
Failed to download packages
 Librepo error: Cannot download Packages/o/openh264-2.5.1-1.fc42.x86_64.rpm: All mirrors were tried
[root@hera3 ~]#

Has the cisco repository moved? How do I correct it?

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After some searching I find other posts on the same topic, asked with some regularity since Fedora 36.

After some issues, I managed to download the RPM file to /tmp in my web browser, then

dnf update /tmp/*.rpm -y

And after that I was able to update the other 8 modules that depended on the newly update openh264 module.

But obviously, there is a problem somewhere, either in DNF, in the repo definition or in the way the ciscobinary server is operated/maintained, so while I am running again, the problem is not SOLVED.

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The problem appears to be entirely with cisco and their server. Maybe it is overloaded or maybe there is some other internet issue that prevents a response.

In any case trying again after waiting for some time usually works. It is only really a major issue if the same results continue for an extended time period.

That you were able to download the rpm then install it shows the error was intermittent and not continuous.