Fink_datatransfer is not downloading data

Hi all,

Is anyone else having trouble downloading data right now?

According to the website, a batch has been created and populated with data, but nothing is downloading.

Starting…
04/26/15 7:55:49 PM -Livy- Generating data paths…
04/26/15 7:55:55 PM -Livy- Selecting content [‘Light packet’]…
04/26/15 7:55:56 PM -Livy- Determining data schema…
04/26/15 7:55:56 PM -Livy- Schema OK…
04/26/15 7:55:56 PM -Livy- Sending the schema to Kafka…
04/26/15 7:55:58 PM -Livy- Starting to send data to topic ftransfer_lsst_2026-04-15_73100
04/26/15 7:56:07 PM -Livy- Data available at topic: ftransfer_lsst_2026-04-15_73100
04/26/15 7:56:07 PM -Livy- End.

However, no data is downloaded when retrieving it.

andreas@OrbImpDB: fink_datatransfer -survey lsst -topic ftransfer_lsst_2026-04-15_73100 -outdir ftransfer_lsst_2026-04-15_73100 --verbose

Topic [Partition]                                   Committed        Lag
========================================================================
ftransfer_lsst_2026-04-15_73100 [0]                         -       5338
ftransfer_lsst_2026-04-15_73100 [1]                         -       5340
ftransfer_lsst_2026-04-15_73100 [2]                         -       5331
ftransfer_lsst_2026-04-15_73100 [3]                         -       5430
ftransfer_lsst_2026-04-15_73100 [4]                         -       5479
ftransfer_lsst_2026-04-15_73100 [5]                         -       5269
ftransfer_lsst_2026-04-15_73100 [7]                         -       5336
ftransfer_lsst_2026-04-15_73100 [8]                         -       5484
ftransfer_lsst_2026-04-15_73100 [9]                         -       5455
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total for ftransfer_lsst_2026-04-15_73100                   0      53836
------------------------------------------------------------------------

andreas@OrbImpDB:

fink support suggested to add --restart_from_beginning but with this parameter fink_datatransfer produces no output at all

andreas@OrbImpDB: fink_datatransfer -survey lsst -topic ftransfer_lsst_2026-04-15_73100 -outdir ftransfer_lsst_2026-04-15_73100 --restart_from_beginning --verbose
andreas@OrbImpDB:

any hints or tips much appreciated.

Thanks,
Andreas

repying to myself :slight_smile:

adding -maxtimeout nnn eventually started the consumer.