Fix: corrupted .lock file handling

main.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Completion.py script for NZBGet
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2014-2017 kloaknet.
-# Copyright (C) 2024 Denis <denis@nzbget.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2024-2025 Denis <denis@nzbget.com>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@
 
 
 import os
-import urllib.request, urllib.error, urllib.parse
+import urllib.request
 import base64
 import json
 import time
 import sys
 import socket
 import ssl
 import traceback
-import html.parser
+import html
 import errno
 from xmlrpc.client import ServerProxy
 from operator import itemgetter
@@ -1531,6 +1531,24 @@ def check_failure_status(rar_msg_ids, failed_limit, nzb_age):
     return failed_ratio
 
 
+def handle_corrupted_lock_file(f_name, server_time):
+    print(f"[WARNING] Corrupted lock file found at {f_name}. Attempting to recreate.")
+    try:
+        os.remove(f_name)
+    except OSError as e:
+        print(f"[ERROR] Failed to remove corrupted lock file, reason {e}")
+        return True
+    try:
+        with open(f_name, encoding="utf-8", mode="w") as fd:
+            fd.write(str(server_time))
+            print(f"[INFO] New completion.lock file created.")
+            return False
+
+    except OSError as e:
+        print(f"[ERROR] recreating lock file after corruption: {e}")
+        return True
+
+
 def lock_file():
     """
     This function checks if the .lock file is there, if it is created
@@ -1556,7 +1574,12 @@ def lock_file():
     file_exists = os.path.isfile(f_name)
     if file_exists:
         fd = open(f_name, encoding="utf-8")
-        time_stamp = int(fd.readline())
+        time_stamp = 0
+        try:
+            time_stamp = int(fd.readline())
+        except ValueError:
+            return handle_corrupted_lock_file(f_name, server_time)
+
         if VERBOSE:
             print(
                 "[V] time_stamp from completion.lock file= " + str(time_stamp)

manifest.json

@@ -11,21 +11,27 @@
     "about": "Verifies that enough articles are available before starting the download.",
     "queueEvents": "NZB_ADDED, NZB_DOWNLOADED, NZB_DELETED, NZB_MARKED",
     "requirements": [
-        "This script requires Python 3.8.0 and above to be installed on your system."
+        "Python 3.8.0 or higher is required to be installed on your system."
     ],
     "description": [
-        "For NZBGet versions 18+, this script needs to be:",
-        "- listed in EXTENSION SCRIPTS under Extensions.",
-        "- listed in CATEGORIES for each CategoryX.Extension if not left empty.",
-        "- optionally the user can add it as scheduler script to manually specify",
-        "different scheduler intervals instead of checking each 15 minutes by default.",
-        "For NZBGet versions prior to 18, this script should be added as:",
-        "- Scan script: to pause incoming NZBs.",
-        "- Queue script: to check newly added, and by the script paused NZBs, and resume when OK.",
-        "- Scheduler script: to regularly check completeness of by the script paused NZBs in the queue.",
-        "- listed in CATEGORIES for each CategoryX.Extension if not left empty.",
+        "The extension checks if the data in the NZB file is sufficiently complete at your usenet provider(s),",
+        "before starting the download.",
+        "If incomplete it would wait for a certain period and check the completion of the NZB file again.",
+        "This check is done by requesting the header STAT/HEAD,", 
+        "and is in normal cases done within seconds (like 1 - 5 sec. for a 1 GB file).", 
+        "This method is significantly faster than when NZBGet would report a failure,",
+        "after actual downloading a (part of) the files that end up incomplete.",
+        "The script is typically useful for issues related to:",
+        "- very recent posts",
+        "- failed downloads, which after a while are just ok (propagation issues),",
+        "- incomplete posts,",
+        "- taken down posts (DMCA, etc.),",
+        "- old posts,",
+        "- long par repair times,",
+        "- downloading (parts of) NZB files beyond repair,",
+        "- unnecessary use of expensive block / slow fill accounts.",
         "",
-        "NOTE: To stop the script or remove the .lock file, reload NZBGet via SYSTEM."
+        "NOTE: To stop the script or delete the .lock file, restart NZBGet via SYSTEM."
     ],
     "options": [
         {