Google-chrome – “Failed – Server proble​m” when trying to save a PDF in preview in Google Chrome

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I a previewing a PDF using the built-in PDF viewer in Chrome:

Image showing downloading of PDF failing with an error message stating "Failed - Server problem"

When I try to save it on my disk, I get a "Failed – Server problem" error message. How is that possible? I thought the PDF had been entirely downloaded before it got opened in Google Chrome built-in PDF viewer.

(If it matters, the PDF was linked from this page.)

Best Answer

I've encountered this issue because Chrome requires that a url pointing to a pdf ends with the appropriate file extension.

example.com/myFile can display a pdf file, but the download will fail with the message "Failed - Server problem". In order to be able to display and download, you would need to have the url example.com/myFile.pdf.

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