For about two months, I’ve been having intermittent problems connecting to the AUR.
The problem seemed to be local to this computer, as other computers on the network were able to connect to the AUR without any problems at other times. Later, however, it seemed to keep jumping around, and one or another PC couldn’t connect to the AUR.
Currently, none of my computers can connect to the AUR.
I use Trizen for everything.
trizen -Ss zoom
:: Unable to GET https://aur.archlinux.org/rpc?v=5&type=search&arg=zoom ==> 500 Can't connect to aur.archlinux.org:443 (Network is unreachable)
extra/xaos 4.3.1-1
Interactive fractal zoomer
while ping works
ping aur.archlinux.org
PING aur.archlinux.org (95.216.144.15) 56(84) Bytes an Daten.
64 Bytes von aur.archlinux.org (95.216.144.15): icmp_seq=1 ttl=52 Zeit=43.5 ms
64 Bytes von aur.archlinux.org (95.216.144.15): icmp_seq=2 ttl=52 Zeit=34.1 ms
64 Bytes von aur.archlinux.org (95.216.144.15): icmp_seq=3 ttl=52 Zeit=34.1 ms
^C
--- aur.archlinux.org Ping-Statistiken ---
3 Pakete übertragen, 3 empfangen, 0% packet loss, time 2003ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 34.081/37.232/43.535/4.456 ms
Am I being blocked?
For the past two months, it worked on and off. Now, for a few days, it hasn’t worked at all.
I haven’t changed anything on the network in the past six months, haven’t installed any updates on the Fritzbox, and haven’t noticed anything unusual.
I have the feeling that something is constantly being reconfigured (and not locally on my end). Should I assume I probably need to contact my provider?
Knowing the german ISPs…not entirely impossible to be something on their side. I had a problem only with ssl trafic 2 years ago on Unitymedia (now Vodafone). The next month they updated something again and it fixed itself.
You can try connecting your phone with usb so to use the tethering and test another provider and dns (do not forget to turn off the wifi on the phone).
Alternatively you can test other dns, set them for the current connection in network manager. 1.1.1.1, 8.8.8.8, 9.9.9.9 whichever big corp you like (hate the least, that is).
The IP address - which is the one responding to ping - is likely a proxy server - an entry point.
The 500 response code is technically Internal Server Error which has been emitted from the service behind the proxy and forwarded to the client - in this case Trizen.
AUR is throttling requests - how exactly I don’t know - it could be a combination of user-agent and IP address.
I suggest you test using the Arch way - if you cannot clone using git - then there is something wrong on the inside - and reporting to the aurweb team at Arch Linux / aurweb · GitLab would be the course of action.
⮞ trizen -Ss zoom
extra/xaos 4.3.1-1
Interactive fractal zoomer
chaotic-aur/zoom 6.5.3-1 [installed]
Video Conferencing and Web Conferencing Service
aur/boomer-git r286.cc0f531-1 [2+] [0.87%] [28 Jun 2021]
Zoomer application for Linux.
aur/desktop-patcher-hook v1.0.0.r13.g24f35c2-1 [0+] [0.00%] [12 Mar 2024]
A pacman hook to make some apps behave nicer, including using the wayland ozone platform, the gtk file picker & zooming qt apps
aur/dezoomify-rs 2.11.2-1 [out-of-date] [unmaintained] [1+] [0.00%] [29 Sep 2023]
Zoomable image downloader for Google Arts & Culture, Zoomify, IIIF, and others
aur/eaglemode 0.96.3-1 [52+] [0.00%] [24 Apr 2025]
Visit almost everything in your PC simply by zooming in
aur/eaglemode-bin 0.96.3-1 [2+] [0.16%] [16 Apr 2025]
Visit almost everything in your PC simply by zooming in
aur/gnome-zoomer-git 1.0-2 [unmaintained] [1+] [0.00%] [19 Mar 2023]
A simple command-line utility to allow custom-increment zooming of the GNOME desktop.
aur/go-zoom 0.1.3-1 [2+] [0.00%] [18 Jan 2020]
Parallel command executor with a focus on simplicity and good cross-platform behaviour.
aur/go-zoom-bin 0.1.3-1 [1+] [0.00%] [20 Jan 2020]
Parallel command executor with a focus on simplicity and good cross-platform behaviour.
aur/hypr-zoom 0.0.2-1 [0+] [0.00%] [29 Jul 2024]
A zoom feature for Hyprland
aur/mapshot 0.0.26-1 [0+] [0.00%] [18 Nov 2024]
Tool to export Factorio saves as zoomable HTML maps
aur/mapshot-bin 0.0.26-1 [0+] [0.00%] [18 Nov 2024]
Tool to export Factorio saves as zoomable HTML maps (binary release)
aur/mapshot-git 0.0.17.r0.gc491893-1 [0+] [0.00%] [5 Mar 2023]
Tool to export Factorio saves as zoomable HTML maps (development version)
aur/maptiler-bin 12.0-3 [out-of-date] [unmaintained] [1+] [0.00%] [9 Apr 2023]
Map Tiler Desktop - software for converting your data into zoomable maps
aur/mkdocs-glightbox 0.4.0-1 [1+] [0.00%] [9 Sep 2024]
A MkDocs plugin supports image lightbox (zoom effect) with GLightbox.
aur/perl-net-z3950-zoom 1.32-1 [1+] [0.00%] [25 Sep 2024]
Perl/CPAN Module Net::Z3950::ZOOM: Perl extension for invoking the ZOOM-C API.
aur/pix-image-viewer-git 0.2.6.108.g54e4f24-1 [1+] [0.00%] [30 Nov 2019]
Desktop image viewer. View thousands of images in a zoomable, pannable grid.
aur/python-outset 0.1.9-1 [0+] [0.00%] [31 May 2025]
add zoom indicators, insets, and magnified panels to matplotlib/seaborn visualizations with ease!
aur/r-svgpanzoom 0.3.4-4 [0+] [0.00%] [7 Jun 2022]
R 'Htmlwidget' to Add Pan and Zoom to Almost any R Graphic
aur/sozi 24.11-1 [73+] [0.00%] [25 Jan 2025]
A zooming presentation editor and player based on SVG and JavaScript
aur/sozi-bin 23.07-1 [out-of-date] [2+] [0.00%] [18 Aug 2023]
A zooming presentation editor and player based on SVG and JavaScript
aur/tonelib-zoom-bin 4.3.1-1 [5+] [0.03%] [19 Jun 2020]
ToneLib Zoom – change and save all the settings in your Zoom(r) guitar pedal
aur/vim-zoom 0.3.4-1 [0+] [0.00%] [27 Jun 2023]
Toggle zoom in / out individual windows (splits)
aur/woomer 0.1.0-1 [0+] [0.00%] [22 Oct 2024]
Zoomer application for Wayland inspired by tsoding's boomer
aur/wooz-git r169.aa33ad2-2 [0+] [0.00%] [4 Apr 2025]
zoom / magnifier utility for Wayland aur/xgraph-bin 4.38-1 [2+] [0.00%] [9 Aug 2021]
XGRAPH is a general purpose x-y data plotter with interactive buttons for panning, zooming, printing, and selecting display options.
aur/xzoom 0.3-10 [53+] [0.00%] [3 Mar 2025]
A screen magnifier
aur/zoom 6.5.3-1 [installed] [out-of-date] [696+] [7.61%] [2 Jul 2025]
Video Conferencing and Web Conferencing Service
aur/zoom-citrix-plugin 6.3.10-1 [1+] [0.00%] [20 Apr 2025]
Zoom VDI Citrix plugin
aur/zoom-firejail 0.9.74-3 [13+] [0.01%] [19 May 2025]
Desktop entry for running Zoom in Firejail
aur/zoom-l8-dkms 0.0.1-1 [0+] [0.00%] [2 Mar 2024]
ALSA driver for Zoom LiveTrak L-8
aur/zoom-system-qt 6.5.5.3045-1 [1+] [0.32%] [16 Jul 2025]
Zoom Workspace client on system runtime
aur/zoom-system-qt-cef 6.5.5.3045-1 [1+] [0.32%] [16 Jul 2025]
CEF for vebview of zoom-system-qt
aur/zoom-vmware-plugin 6.0.10-1 [0+] [0.00%] [26 Aug 2024]
Zoom VDI VMWare plugin
aur/zoomer 0.0.2-1 [1+] [0.00%] [26 Jun 2024]
Simple zoom application
aur/zoomx 0.0.1-1 [2+] [0.00%] [21 Feb 2021]
Screen magnifying zoom utility for X11
Did you spin up an alternative? yay zoom or paru zoom would take suspicion away from Trizen and focus on your network situation… though that’s pretty clear TBH.
If all your machines fail to connect, then I would like to test an alternative - connect via your phone…
[nx-74205:/dev/pts/3][/home/aragorn]
[aragorn] > pacman -Qi trizen
Name : trizen
Version : 1:1.68-1
Description : Trizen AUR Package Manager: lightweight pacman wrapper and AUR helper.
Architecture : any
URL : https://github.com/trizen/trizen
Licenses : GPL3
Groups : None
Provides : None
Depends On : git pacutils perl>=5.20.0 perl-libwww perl-term-ui pacman perl-json perl-data-dump perl-lwp-protocol-https perl-term-readline-gnu
Optional Deps : highlight: for syntax highlighting [installed]
perl-json-xs: faster JSON deserialization [installed]
Required By : None
Optional For : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Installed Size : 127.72 KiB
Packager : Unknown Packager
Build Date : Tue 06 Dec 2022 17:21:04 CET
Install Date : Tue 06 Dec 2022 17:21:12 CET
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : No
Validated By : None
[nx-74205:/dev/pts/3][/home/aragorn]
[aragorn] >
The problem with trizen is that it’s an AUR helper which is… only available from the AUR. So if you want to install it, you’ll need some other means of accessing the AUR first. The chicken and the egg.
Personally I use (the command-line version of) pamac for the AUR, or — if pamac fails, which it does sometimes¹ — yay, which is in the repositories and does the same thing.
You may want to run @megavolt 's test in addition to see if the server really reacts on your request: curl --head https://aur.archlinux.org/packages-meta-ext-v1.json.gz
Also to mention: yay & friends connect to aur.archlinux.org while pamac (on manjaro systems) connects to aur.manjaro.org
And for pamac aur testing use curl --head https://aur.manjaro.org/packages-meta-ext-v1.json.gz
curl --head https://aur.archlinux.org/packages-meta-ext-v1.json.gz
curl: (7) Failed to connect to aur.archlinux.org port 443 after 52 ms: Could not connect to server
This VPN isn’t intended for use on my PC. It’s used on my mobile devices. When activated on the mobile device, it is encrypted from the mobile device all the way to the home network. From there, all requests are sent out as if the mobile devices were always at home.
So i changed the url in trizen, but this is not as easy as i thought:
while aur.archlinux.org is blocked
trizen -Ss zoom
** GET https://aur.archlinux.org/rpc?v=5&type=search&arg=zoom ==> 500 Can't connect to aur.archlinux.org:443 (Network is unreachable) (1s)
:: Unable to GET https://aur.archlinux.org/rpc?v=5&type=search&arg=zoom ==> 500 Can't connect to aur.archlinux.org:443 (Network is unreachable)
extra/xaos 4.3.1-1
Interactive fractal zoomer
manjaro-server seems not to answer those (rpc-)questions
trizen_m -Ss zoom
:: Unable to GET https://aur.manjaro.org/rpc?v=5&type=search&arg=zoom ==> 404 Not Found
extra/xaos 4.3.1-1
Interactive fractal zoomer
no - it’s only purpose is to serve the metadata… the only response you will ever get is the metadata archive.
How this work is because the popularity of pamac caused aur rpc to break down - therefore a workaround was created in collaboration with the aurweb team.
No there are only 5 manjaro-devices that use trizen in this network.
Today i did try pamac:
pamac install zoom
Warnung: zoom ist nur vom AUR verfügbar
Vorbereitung...
Überprüfe zoom Abhängigkeiten...
Abhängigkeiten werden aufgelöst...
Interne Konflikte werden überprüft...
Zu erstellen (1):
zoom 6.5.3-1 (6.4.10-1) AUR
Build-Dateien bearbeiten : [e]
Transaktion anwenden ? [e/j/N] j
Klone zoom Build-Dateien...
Schwerwiegend: konnte nicht auf 'https://aur.archlinux.org/zoom.git/' zugreifen: Failed to connect to aur.archlinux.org port 443 after 47 ms: Could not connect to server
Fehler: Vorgang konnte nicht erfolgreich vorbereitet werden: Fehler beim Klonen der Build-Dateien für zoom
Pamac got the metadata, but not the package itself.
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So if you want to install it, you’ll need some other means of accessing the AUR first. The chicken and the egg. 
Thank you for the professional help (As always 
on the very network that’s blocked.
