Failure to flash from balena dashboard

[AndreiGr]

• Etcher version: 1.5.115

• Operating system and architecture: Windows 10 (x64)

• Image flashed: Raspberry Pi 4

• What do you think should have happened: After I click on the flash button in balena dashboard I expected balena etcher to open and start flashing the correct image on the disk.

• What happened: After I click on the flash button in balena dashboard, balena etcher opens and shows the following error:

• Do you see any meaningful error information in the DevTools? {"stack":"Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\%7B%22method%22%3A%22POST%22%2C%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fapi.balena-cloud.com%2Fdownload%3FappId%3D1944541%26deviceType%3Draspberrypi4-64%26version%3D2.98.33[...]

[mcraa]

the flash from the dashboard works with versions 1.7.8 and later

[AndreiGr]

Ok, good to know. Do you have any idea when a newer pre-made installer will be made for Windows?

Because from what I see, the latest I can download is 1.5.115

[mcraa]

Where do you see 1.5 as latest?

https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/releases/download/v1.7.9/balenaEtcher-Setup-1.7.9.exe here you have the real latest from the Releases in github. etcher.io (or balena.io/etcher) download button points to the same file.

[AndreiGr]

On the main page:

[mcraa]

Well, that is weird, thanks for pointing it out.

[AndreiGr]

No worries. Thanks for helping me with the Releases link. I tried to find it myself, but what I found redirected me to the main page, haha. Have a great day!

[lurch]

The Etcher website sometimes points to an old version if you have JavaScript turned off? (which has happened in several issues here previously)

EDIT: When I do view->source on the Etcher webpage, I see e.g. <a href="https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/releases/download/v1.5.115/balenaEtcher-Setup-1.5.115.exe?" class="sc-eGCaLh bJumPh sc-ctaXho nhJDG Link__ExternalLink-sc-b3cke1-0 jipiSO Downloads__StyledLink-sc-aivfe9-1 hTrRgP" color="primary.main" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><button class="StyledButton-sc-323bzc-0 bJOxnS sc-bqyKOL sc-kstqJO cDKLTo enfjcB sc-dIUeWJ exIZyH" type="button"><div class="sc-gKseQn jFlOjP sc-iBPTik ktusrF sc-hHfuMS hjJBI"><img src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,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" style="max-width:initial" class="sc-bXDkGd juWczZ"/><div class="sc-gKseQn jFlOjP sc-iBPTik ktusrF Common__HiddenXS-sc-l5wx7e-20 epjGqa">Download</div></div></button></a>

[mcraa]

Cross-site policy blocked to fetch the right version, and it fallbacks to 1.5 I guess browsers started to handle this more strictly @lurch cause the policy was the same for a long time. The site was redeployed it should show the right version now.

[lurch]

...or some people run things like NoScript https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/2833#issuecomment-725666881

[mcraa]

We can't fix what some people run 😅 , but this time there was something to fix on the site.