From f6a9a71b38b25d6c9fb0b9a7fbf0eccf99fa5520 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:14:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Warn if the download buffer is full

---
 src/libstore/filetransfer.cc | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/libstore/filetransfer.cc b/src/libstore/filetransfer.cc
index f48c2e22d7b..5ea8b6f962c 100644
--- a/src/libstore/filetransfer.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/filetransfer.cc
@@ -860,6 +860,8 @@ void FileTransfer::download(
            sender.) */
         if (state->data.size() > fileTransferSettings.downloadBufferSize) {
             debug("download buffer is full; going to sleep");
+            static bool haveWarned = false;
+            warnOnce(haveWarned, "download buffer is full; consider increasing the 'download-buffer-size' setting");
             state.wait_for(state->request, std::chrono::seconds(10));
         }