Added support to the scraper for automatically retrying on errors.

es-app/src/guis/GuiScraperMenu.cpp

@@ -942,30 +942,19 @@ void GuiScraperMenu::openOtherOptions()
             ->setOpacity(DISABLED_OPACITY);
     }
 
-    // Retry search on peer verification errors (TLS/certificate issues).
+    // Automatic retry on error.
-    auto scraperRetryPeerVerification = std::make_shared<SwitchComponent>();
+    auto scraperRetryOnError = std::make_shared<SwitchComponent>();
-    scraperRetryPeerVerification->setState(
+    scraperRetryOnError->setState(Settings::getInstance()->getBool("ScraperRetryOnError"));
-        Settings::getInstance()->getBool("ScraperRetryPeerVerification"));
+    s->addWithLabel("AUTOMATIC RETRY ON ERROR", scraperRetryOnError);
-    s->addWithLabel("AUTO-RETRY ON PEER VERIFICATION ERRORS", scraperRetryPeerVerification);
+    s->addSaveFunc([scraperRetryOnError, s] {
-    s->addSaveFunc([scraperRetryPeerVerification, s] {
+        if (scraperRetryOnError->getState() !=
-        if (scraperRetryPeerVerification->getState() !=
+            Settings::getInstance()->getBool("ScraperRetryOnError")) {
-            Settings::getInstance()->getBool("ScraperRetryPeerVerification")) {
+            Settings::getInstance()->setBool("ScraperRetryOnError",
-            Settings::getInstance()->setBool("ScraperRetryPeerVerification",
+                                             scraperRetryOnError->getState());
-                                             scraperRetryPeerVerification->getState());
             s->setNeedsSaving();
         }
     });
 
-    // The TLS/certificate issue is not present for TheGamesDB, so gray out the option if this
-    // scraper is selected.
-    if (Settings::getInstance()->getString("Scraper") == "thegamesdb") {
-        scraperRetryPeerVerification->setEnabled(false);
-        scraperRetryPeerVerification->setOpacity(DISABLED_OPACITY);
-        scraperRetryPeerVerification->getParent()
-            ->getChild(scraperRetryPeerVerification->getChildIndex() - 1)
-            ->setOpacity(DISABLED_OPACITY);
-    }
-
     // Switch callbacks.
     auto interactiveToggleFunc = [scraperSemiautomatic]() {
         if (scraperSemiautomatic->getEnabled()) {

es-app/src/guis/GuiScraperSearch.cpp

@@ -34,24 +34,24 @@
 #include "resources/Font.h"
 #include "utils/StringUtil.h"
 
-#define FAILED_VERIFICATION_RETRIES 8
-
 GuiScraperSearch::GuiScraperSearch(SearchType type, unsigned int scrapeCount)
     : mRenderer {Renderer::getInstance()}
     , mGrid {glm::ivec2 {5, 3}}
     , mSearchType {type}
     , mScrapeCount {scrapeCount}
     , mRefinedSearch {false}
+    , mBlockAccept {false}
+    , mAcceptedResult {false}
     , mFoundGame {false}
     , mScrapeRatings {false}
+    , mRetrySearch {false}
+    , mRetryCount {0}
+    , mRetryTimer {glm::clamp(
+          Settings::getInstance()->getInt("ScraperRetryOnErrorTimer") * 1000, 1000, 60000)}
+    , mRetryAccumulator {0}
 {
     addChild(&mGrid);
 
-    mBlockAccept = false;
-    mAcceptedResult = false;
-    mRetrySearch = false;
-    mRetryCount = 0;
-
     mWindow->setAllowTextScrolling(true);
 
     // Left spacer (empty component, needed for borders).
@@ -498,21 +498,14 @@ void GuiScraperSearch::onSearchDone(std::vector<ScraperSearchResult>& results)
 
 void GuiScraperSearch::onSearchError(const std::string& error, HttpReq::Status status)
 {
-    // This is a workaround for a somehow frequently recurring issue with screenscraper.fr
+    const int retries {
-    // where requests to download the thumbnails are randomly met with TLS verification errors.
+        glm::clamp(Settings::getInstance()->getInt("ScraperRetryOnErrorCount"), 1, 20)};
-    // It's unclear why it only happens to the thumbnail requests, but it usually goes away
+    if (Settings::getInstance()->getBool("ScraperRetryOnError") && mRetryCount < retries) {
-    // after a few days or so. If this issue occurs and the corresponding setting has been
-    // enabled, we'll retry the search automatically up to FAILED_VERIFICATION_RETRIES number
-    // of times. Usually a few retries is enough to get the thumbnail to download. If not,
-    // the error dialog will be presented to the user, and if the "Retry" button is pressed,
-    // a new round of retries will take place.
-    if (status == HttpReq::REQ_FAILED_VERIFICATION && mRetryCount < FAILED_VERIFICATION_RETRIES &&
-        Settings::getInstance()->getBool("ScraperRetryPeerVerification")) {
         LOG(LogError) << "GuiScraperSearch: " << Utils::String::replace(error, "\n", "");
         mRetrySearch = true;
         ++mRetryCount;
         LOG(LogError) << "GuiScraperSearch: Attempting automatic retry " << mRetryCount << " of "
-                      << FAILED_VERIFICATION_RETRIES;
+                      << retries;
         return;
     }
     else {
@@ -688,17 +681,21 @@ void GuiScraperSearch::update(int deltaTime)
 {
     GuiComponent::update(deltaTime);
 
-    // There was a failure and we're attempting an automatic retry.
+    if (mBlockAccept)
+        mBusyAnim.update(deltaTime);
+
     if (mRetrySearch) {
+        // There was an error and we're attempting an automatic retry.
+        mRetryAccumulator += deltaTime;
+        if (mRetryAccumulator < mRetryTimer)
+            return;
         mRetrySearch = false;
+        mRetryAccumulator = 0;
         stop();
         search(mLastSearch);
         return;
     }
 
-    if (mBlockAccept)
-        mBusyAnim.update(deltaTime);
-
     // Check if the thumbnail for the currently selected game has finished downloading.
     if (mScraperResults.size() > 0) {
         auto it =

es-app/src/guis/GuiScraperSearch.h

@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@ private:
     bool mScrapeRatings;
 
     bool mRetrySearch;
-    unsigned int mRetryCount;
+    int mRetryCount;
+    int mRetryTimer;
+    int mRetryAccumulator;
 
     std::unique_ptr<ScraperSearchHandle> mSearchHandle;
     std::unique_ptr<ScraperSearchHandle> mMDRetrieveURLsHandle;

es-core/src/Settings.cpp

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ void Settings::setDefaults()
     mBoolMap["ScraperConvertUnderscores"] = {true, true};
     mBoolMap["ScraperAutomaticRemoveDots"] = {true, true};
     mBoolMap["ScraperRegionFallback"] = {true, true};
-    mBoolMap["ScraperRetryPeerVerification"] = {false, false};
+    mBoolMap["ScraperRetryOnError"] = {true, true};
 
     // UI settings.
     mStringMap["ThemeSet"] = {"slate-es-de", "slate-es-de"};
@@ -319,8 +319,10 @@ void Settings::setDefaults()
     mStringMap["UIMode_passkey"] = {"uuddlrlrba", "uuddlrlrba"};
     mIntMap["LottieMaxFileCache"] = {150, 150};
     mIntMap["LottieMaxTotalCache"] = {1024, 1024};
-    mIntMap["ScraperConnectionTimeout"] = {60, 60};
+    mIntMap["ScraperConnectionTimeout"] = {30, 30};
     mIntMap["ScraperTransferTimeout"] = {120, 120};
+    mIntMap["ScraperRetryOnErrorCount"] = {5, 5};
+    mIntMap["ScraperRetryOnErrorTimer"] = {5, 5};
 
     //
     // Hardcoded or program-internal settings.