fix(gnome-extensions): Inform the user of connection issue to the website after initial successful connection

[noahdotpy]

I am using the gnome-extensions module to install many extensions that I find that are very useful for my workflow. First, I want to say thank you to the blue-build team for this amazing tool to create my custom images of Fedora (and maybe soon VanillaOS or even Alma Linux).

As stated in the title, the gnome-extensions module is failing without any useful log output.

The perma-link to my gnome-extensions module usage is here.

The below is the logs as seen in the github workflow logs.

[12:37:27 g.i/n/silvara-hypr:current-daily-git] => #50 0.085 ======================= Start 'gnome-extensions' Module =======================
[12:37:27 g.i/n/silvara-hypr:current-daily-git] => #50 0.097 Testing connection with https://extensions.gnome.org/...
[12:37:27 g.i/n/silvara-hypr:current-daily-git] => #50 0.512 Connection successful, proceeding.
[12:37:28 g.i/n/silvara-hypr:current-daily-git] => #50 0.567 Gnome version: 47
[12:37:28 g.i/n/silvara-hypr:current-daily-git] => #50 1.202 Installing 'AATWS (Advanced Alt-Tab Window Switcher)' Gnome extension with version 59
[12:37:28 g.i/n/silvara-hypr:current-daily-git] => #50 1.202 Downloading ZIP archive https://extensions.gnome.org/extension-data/advanced-alt-tabG-dH.github.com.v59.shell-extension.zip
[12:37:29 g.i/n/silvara-hypr:current-daily-git] => #50 1.741 Downloaded ZIP archive https://extensions.gnome.org/extension-data/advanced-alt-tabG-dH.github.com.v59.shell-extension.zip
[12:37:29 g.i/n/silvara-hypr:current-daily-git] => #50 1.741 Extracting ZIP archive
[12:37:29 g.i/n/silvara-hypr:current-daily-git] => #50 1.747 Removing archive
[12:37:29 g.i/n/silvara-hypr:current-daily-git] => #50 1.748 Installing main extension files
[12:37:29 g.i/n/silvara-hypr:current-daily-git] => #50 1.764 Installing schema extension file
[12:37:29 g.i/n/silvara-hypr:current-daily-git] => #50 1.767 Cleaning up the temporary directory
[12:37:29 g.i/n/silvara-hypr:current-daily-git] => #50 1.769 Extension 'AATWS (Advanced Alt-Tab Window Switcher)' is successfully installed
[12:37:29 g.i/n/silvara-hypr:current-daily-git] => #50 1.769 ----------------------------------INSTALLATION DONE----------------------------------
[12:37:31 g.i/n/silvara-hypr:current-daily-git] => #50 3.715 Installing 'Alphabetical App Grid' Gnome extension with version 41
[12:37:31 g.i/n/silvara-hypr:current-daily-git] => #50 3.715 Downloading ZIP archive https://extensions.gnome.org/extension-data/AlphabeticalAppGridstuarthayhurst.v41.shell-extension.zip
[12:37:35 g.i/n/silvara-hypr:current-daily-git] => #50 7.645 ======================= Failed 'gnome-extensions' Module =======================

[noahdotpy]

I just checked again at my build statuses and it turns out there is one image build (with the same GNOME extensions installed) that successfully passed through.

[noahdotpy]

I have just checked extensions.gnome.org, and it looks like there is an error on their side.

gnome-extension module should still print something out for the logs to let the user know what the error is.

[fiftydinar]

I have just checked extensions.gnome.org, and it looks like there is an error on their side.

gnome-extension module should still print something out for the logs to let the user know what the error is.

We always test the connection with https://extensions.gnome.org/ 1st before downloading any extensions, as you can see in logs. But in your build, connection probably worked for a moment & then some moments later, website went down.

So you hit the 1 percentile edge-case. Good thing is that build fails in this case, so the unfinished module doesn't end in the image.

We will try to mitigate this even more without making it messy in code, but we already have some basic checks for this, so it's a low priority.