[Bug]: blender@5.2.0: download failed (403 Forbidden)

[justinyounger]

Prerequisites

• I have written a descriptive issue title.
• I have searched all issues/PRs to ensure it has not already been reported or fixed.
• I have verified that I am using the latest version of Scoop and corresponding bucket.

Package Name

blender

Expected/Current Behaviour

Looks like blender is being blocked from all downloads via scoop, and I tested winget and it happened there too.

Steps to Reproduce

> scoop update blender
blender: 5.1.2 -> 5.2.0
Updating one outdated app:
Updating 'blender' (5.1.2 -> 5.2.0)
Downloading new version
OperationStopped: C:\Users\justi\scoop\apps\scoop\current\lib\download.ps1:84
Line |
  84 |          throw $e
     |          ~~~~~~~~
     | The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden.

Possible Solution

Maybe they changed access rules?

Scoop and Buckets Version

scoop --version
Current Scoop version:
b588a06e (HEAD -> master, tag: v0.5.3, origin/master, origin/HEAD) chore(release): Bump to version 0.5.3 (resync) (#6436)

'main' bucket:
81821ba80b (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD) go-jsonnet: Update to version 0.22.0, fix autoupdate (#8302)

'extras' bucket:
1e24527888 (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD) imagine@2.6.0: Fix hash (Closes #18301)

'nerd-fonts' bucket:
10e01a87 (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD) LXGWNeoZhiSong: Update to version 1.066

'ACooper81_scoop-apps' bucket:
dfd4abc8e (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD) iMazingConverter-Portable: Update to version 2.0.14

'tiham93_SadistScoop' bucket:
1f36b5c (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD) mrv2: Update to version 1.7.0

Scoop Config

last_update           scoop_repo                              scoop_branch
-----------           ----------                              ------------
7/14/2026 10:38:40 AM https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop master

PowerShell Version

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.5.8
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.5.8
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.26200
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Additional Softwares

No response

[github-actions]

Cannot reproduce.

All files could be downloaded without any issue.
Problems with download could be caused by:

• Network error
• Blocked site (Great Firewall of China, Corporate restrictions, ...)
• Antivirus settings blocking URL/downloaded file
• Proxy configuration
• Aria2 being unreliable (if you're facing problems with aria2, disable it by running scoop config aria2-enabled false and try again)

Check the full log for details.

[z-Fng]

Tip

By opening an issue titled "@<latest_version>: download failed", a workflow will be triggered to verify automatically.

[z-Fng]

Maybe they changed access rules?

Cannot reproduce.

Please check if your IP or proxy IP has been blocked instead.

[justinyounger]

It's odd because I can click the link the scoop claims is 403, and it will download fine in firefox. Disabling aria2 didnt help.

[z-Fng]

It's odd because I can click the link the scoop claims is 403, and it will download fine in firefox. Disabling aria2 didnt help.

Not sure how this happened, but feel free to investigate if you're interested.

If you still can't download it, here's a workaround: download it via your browser, put it under <scoop_root>\cache, rename it to blender#5.2.0#c2f62ef.zip and remove other temporary files. This way, Scoop will load the file directly from the cache instead of downloading it.

[egirlmilkers]

This has been happening to me as well.

PS > scoop update *
blender: 5.1.2 -> 5.2.0
Updating one outdated app:
Updating 'blender' (5.1.2 -> 5.2.0)
Downloading new version
OperationStopped: C:\scoop\apps\scoop\current\lib\download.ps1:84
Line |
  84 |          throw $e
     |          ~~~~~~~~
     | The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden.