Interrupted : Insufficient Permissions - unable to download email attachments in Gmail opened in Opera

A Former User @lotois

@lotois said in Interrupted : Insufficient Permissions - unable to download email attachments in Gmail opened in Opera:

Since upgrading to Opera 53.0, I am unable to download email attachments when Gmail is opened in Opera. I keep getting the message Interrupted : Insufficient permissions. This was not a problem before the upgrade, nor is it a problem when I download the same attachment with Gmail opened in Firefox or Outlook. I thus assume that somehow the upgrade modified my settings in Opera, but I cannot figure out what or where. Any ideas?

I'm having the same problem with downloading files in Opera 53.0 on my Mac. It only started happening in the last few days. Again, these downloads work fine in other browsers.

lotois

lotois @lotois

@lotois I download Opera for Windows on my PC at work this morning and did not have any problems. Judging from the large number of views, even though the number of posts is limited, I conclude that the problem is a general one, but does not seem to concern Windows' users.

sgunhouse

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer

I have never seen this issue in Windows, but as a moderator I read the topic anyway. So no, it is not a more general issue.

In some cases your network or firewall can interrupt a download, but the message (in Windows anyway) wouldn't say "Insufficient permissions". I was originally going to say something about firewalls a couple of days ago until I recalled it was the wrong message, so I canceled my reply. Though I wondered if it was similar to the keychain issue other Mac users are reporting.

A Former User

On MAC OS High Sierra 10.13.4 I have the same issue when trying to download files from websites using Opera. It started with the upgrade to v53.x
53.0.2907.68 - Opera is up to date
When downloading any file within Opera
“Interupted: Insufficient permissions”
Is there a Preference which can impact downloading files (.pdf, .iso and .exe have all failed)
I'm back to

A Former User @Guest

@iholloway2301 I am having the same issue in W7, even trying to re install Opera, also with trying to download flash player. Not sure what to do other than go back to Firefox...

lotois

lotois @Guest

@marveroluis God forbid. I have been using Opera since version 0 precisely because it has been largely bug free. I hope that our Norwegian friends have taken note that they have a problem that seems to be extensive and is considering the faithful to abandon ship.

zalex108

zalex108

Try with a clean profile:

Opera Help > Find solutions.
| - And rename the profile folder -.

(Profile folders are hidden OS files)

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burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer @lotois

@lotois said in Interrupted : Insufficient Permissions - unable to download email attachments in Gmail opened in Opera:

I am using the new Gmail, the problem concerns at least excel and pdf files

Tried with pdf attachments and viewing them and downloading them works fine. Tried new Gmail interface and the classic. Opera 53.0.2907.68 x64 on Windows 10.

lotois

lotois @burnout426

@burnout426 Thank you for your feedback. This is yet another confirmation that this problem does not seem to concern Windows users.

A Former User

Is there still no fix for this issue? If not I'm going to have to change to another browser permanently.

avl

avl Opera

Not everyone is having this issue, so there is some situation on your system or perhaps a specific configuration of Opera that triggers it.

Could you try running Opera with a temporary profile to see if you still have the problem then? You can do that by entering this in a Terminal.app instance:

open /Applications/Opera.app --args --user-data-dir=$HOME/.opera-throwaway

Now try logging into gmail and downloading your documents again. If the problem occurs again in the same way, we know that it's not your Opera configuration causing it. If the problem is fixed, we can start seeing what in your profile is triggering this behavior.

A Former User

@avl said in Interrupted : Insufficient Permissions - unable to download email attachments in Gmail opened in Opera:

entering this in a Terminal.app instance

I don't use Gmail. And I don't understand your instructions. Please clarify.

leocg

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest

This topic is about an issue with Gmail. If you don't use it, then you have a different problem that should be discussed in another topic.

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer

Check out https://forums.opera.com/post/156115 just in case it helps.