What sup with the slooow download speeds | Runpod | Page 1

modern glen Dec 5, 2025, 3:16 AM

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A Docker download that normally takes 2-3 mins to DL (4GB) randomly takes 10-15 mins due to slow download speeds??? This is a waste of time and money, is there an SLA for expected download speeds? This is happening more and more often lately.

left hedgeBOT Dec 5, 2025, 3:16 AM

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violet kernelBOT Dec 5, 2025, 3:16 AM

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modern glen Dec 5, 2025, 3:17 AM

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I'm on my 4th attempt in a row and have had to cancel all of them because it would take a rediculous time to start up...

exotic shale Dec 5, 2025, 5:36 AM

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Same here - ~4GB download that by my calculations would take almost 2 hours to download. I just killed the pod, this is unusable.

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This is pulling from ghcr.io

gleaming rampart Dec 5, 2025, 11:24 AM

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exotic shale This is pulling from ghcr.io

Its possible they didnt have the image cached in the region but what region was the pod?

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My stuff always downloads quick so it will help me know if its an issue with the internet there or if its the container repo being slow

exotic shale Dec 5, 2025, 2:11 PM

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I'm building a new image from the runpod pytorch base to see if it helps but either way those transfer speeds are atrocious

sullen gull Dec 5, 2025, 3:40 PM

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just went through this on a ticket i happened to see

https://discordapp.com/channels/912829806415085598/1445180019055005800

choosing your dc is the most important thing

my image was average 45min, after optimizing the shit out of it, 5-10min max including downloading a bunch of loras+models

exotic shale Dec 5, 2025, 7:43 PM

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Same DC but much faster this morning. Seems transient 🤷‍♂️

sullen gull Dec 5, 2025, 10:34 PM

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Yeah it may have something to do with time of day, I personally find EUR-RO-1 is consistently good

#What sup with the slooow download speeds