Possibly Broken Download Counter?

[ewdurbin]

Originally reported by: timyhahn (Bitbucket: timyhahn, GitHub: Unknown)

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The package at https://pypi.python.org/pypi/rui is one I just uploaded two days ago and is already at 1830 downloads. Unless there is a script somewhere constantly downloading this package, I don't see how it could get this high? Is there something possibly wrong with the download counter?

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• Bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/pypa/pypi/issue/112

[ewdurbin]

Original comment by Ronin Dusette (Bitbucket: RoninDusette, GitHub: RoninDusette):

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I just noticed that, as well. I just uploaded my app at https://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-wattup/1.0

less than 30 minutes ago and it already has 35 downloads. Its just a simple contact form, and nothing too fancy. I was curious if this was a glitch, as well.

[ewdurbin]

Original comment by Ronin Dusette (Bitbucket: RoninDusette, GitHub: RoninDusette):

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Yeah. I just uploaded another project (django-backtalk), and it shot up to 50 downloads super quick. Its almost like someone or a bot is auto-downloading them. Idunno. lol

[ewdurbin]

Original comment by Donald Stufft (Bitbucket: dstufft, GitHub: dstufft):

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This isn't broken, there are a number of mirroring clients which suck down everything that gets uploaded to PyPI.

[ewdurbin]

Original comment by ewan johno (Bitbucket: 01482ewanjohno, GitHub: Unknown):

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Yes that is most likely what is happening