Thorium Nova does not automatically download the default plugin

[parracodea]

Describe the bug

When running Thorium Nova for the first time, the application gets stuck a screen that says "Thorium Nova is Loading". Running the application in PowerShell reveals that there are no plugins installed.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open Powershell
2. Run Thorium Nova.exe
3. The following output appears:

file:///C:/additional-folders-here/Thorium-Nova-1.0.0-alpha.12-win/resources/app/dist/index.js:516876  
throw new Error("Thorium Nova requires at least one plugin to run.");  
^

Error: Thorium Nova requires at least one plugin to run.  
at #loadPlugins ([file:///C:/additional-folders-here/Thorium-Nova-1.0.0-alpha.12-win/resources/app/dist/index.js:516876:13)](file:///C:/additional-folders-here/Thorium-Nova-1.0.0-alpha.12-win/resources/app/dist/index.js:516876:13%29 "file:///C:/additional-folders-here/Thorium-Nova-1.0.0-alpha.12-win/resources/app/dist/index.js:516876:13)")

Node.js v18.18.2

(node:13416) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: TypeError: fetch failed  
at Object.fetch (node:internal/deps/undici/undici:11372:11)  
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)  
at async yI ([file:///C:/additional-folders-here/Thorium-Nova-1.0.0-alpha.12-win/resources/app/dist/electron.js:120:34106)](file:///C:/additional-folders-here/Thorium-Nova-1.0.0-alpha.12-win/resources/app/dist/electron.js:120:34106%29 "file:///C:/additional-folders-here/Thorium-Nova-1.0.0-alpha.12-win/resources/app/dist/electron.js:120:34106)")  
at async App.<anonymous> ([file:///C:/additional-folders-here/Thorium-Nova-1.0.0-alpha.12-win/resources/app/dist/electron.js:120:36268)](file:///C:/additional-folders-here/Thorium-Nova-1.0.0-alpha.12-win/resources/app/dist/electron.js:120:36268%29 "file:///C:/additional-folders-here/Thorium-Nova-1.0.0-alpha.12-win/resources/app/dist/electron.js:120:36268)")  
(Use \`Thorium Nova --trace-warnings ...\` to show where the warning was created)  
(node:13416) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). To terminate the node process on unhandled promise rejection, use the CLI flag \`--unhandled-rejections=strict\` (see https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_unhandled_rejections_mode). (rejection id: 39)

Expected behavior

The default plugin should be downloaded.
However, C:\Users\user-home-folder\Documents\thorium-nova\db.yml and C:\Users\user-home-folder-here\Documents\thorium-nova\plugins (empty folder) were created.

Additional context

• Operating System: Windows 10
• Thorium Nova Version: Thorium-Nova-1.0.0-alpha.12-win

[megadakkajet]

getting the same issue here.

[alexanderson1993]

This should be resolved in Alpha 15