Better handling of dead sources
Author: qu1ckCreated Aug 11, 2026Updated Aug 22, 2026
Labelsenhancement
Describe your suggested feature
Server should handle dead sources better.
It is just a sad fact of life that manga websites die from time to time, some earlier, some later. When that happens suwayomi users have a choice: remove the obsolete source or keep it. Both choices currently suck:
- Keeping the source means it gets pinged when searching for mangas delaying results for no reason. Also makes the update operations slow, keeps junk entries in browse page etc.
- Removing the source makes the already downloaded manga inacessible. Files are on disk but server refuses to display them with error:
I think there should be a better way to handle dead sources: mark them as read-only or something else to avoid the above issues.
Other details
Error is from server v2.3.2298
Acknowledgements
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Source: Suwayomi/Suwayomi-Server