## Summary
Partial fix for https://github.com/profanity-im/profanity/issues/1939
> When doing the same in an unencrypted (no e2ee) chat there is no Downloading… message at all but the file is downloaded.
Download a file twice with `/url save`, the second download will not print download progress to the window.
The cause is `HTTPDownload`'s `silent` variable is not initialized; so, `silent` points to a second-hand stack memory address with old data. `silent` references data, so the `if` statement will fail in **src/tools/http_download.c:206** and download progress will not print to the window.
The fix is to initialize `silent` in both encrypted and unencrypted file download scenarios.
## Testing
Valgrind: Yes
- `/url save` without OMEMO
**SUCCESS**: Try three times with the same URL and download status will display every time.
- `/url save` with OMEMO
**SUCCESS**: Try three times with the same URL and download status will display every time.
- `/plugins install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/profanity-im/profanity-plugins/master/stable/sounds.py`
**SUCCESS**: Try once and download progress is hidden.
Fixes https://github.com/profanity-im/profanity/issues/1794
Explanation
The problem is the download's identifier. Downloads are given an ID so they can be referenced later when their progress changes. Currently, the download's ID is the download's URL. When you download the same file twice, you have two downloads with the same ID. Download progress updates are shown on the first of both downloads with the same ID.
Solution
Change the download's ID from its URL to a random number. A random ID is generated when get_random_string() is called from cmd_funcs.c. Several other functions are updated to cope with the new ID format.