Downloading nodejs binaries is sometimes timing out

[delambo]

When installing node binaries, rtx will timeout because the nodejs servers are running very slow. We've noticed this a lot in the last couple of weeks, for different versions of node. Often, they can take 10 minutes to download. Is there any way to increase the timeout, or a better place to raise this problem?

[jdx]

this has been a problem for months: nodejs/nodejs.org#4495

I don't think increasing the timeout is likely to be helpful, but I think there is an env var to do that. I think if it's not responding in 10 minutes it's not likely to ever respond. You're better off just retrying—perhaps many times.

[delambo]

Got it, thank you!