Plugin fetch error on NINA 1.11 #109

[Ajay Mandke]

I installed NINA 1.11. #109. However, when I try to search for plugins, I always get Failed to fetch plugins from repository "nighttime-imaging.eu". I verified that computer can access internet and other internet accessing features of NINA (framing wizard) work as expected.

The log files have following error:
2021-07-16T20:51:03.2876|INFO|PluginFetcher.cs|RequestAll|41|Fetching plugin manifests from https://nighttime-imaging.eu/wp.../nina/v1/plugins/manifest

2021-07-16T20:51:03.7951|ERROR|HttpGetRequest.cs|Request|63|https://nighttime-imaging.eu/wp.../nina/v1/plugins/manifest System.Net.WebException: The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel. at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult)

I run NINA on Windows7 SP1

I believe the issue is due to TLS1.1 being deprecated and client needs to force TLS1.2 for the connection explicitly.

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[Stefan B]

Hi,

Windows 7 is out of support by both Microsoft and N.I.N.A.

As for the issue, N.I.N.A. is using the System Default value to establish the connection, but Windows 7 doesn’t have TLS 1.2 activated as default - however there are possibilities to do so, when you search for it.

In any case I can only recommend to upgrade your operating system, as in future there can be potentially more breaking changes.

Regards,
Stefan

[Dale Ghent]

The issue is that you are running Windows 7. It is unsupported in general. This failure happens because Windows 7 does not support the current security and encryption protocols that websites now implement. This is the cost of continuing to run old versions of Windows - the world moves forward and it stays in the past.

The best fix for this is to update to Windows 10. There is a patch from Microsoft for Windows 7 that allows TLS 1.1 and 1.2 support (it also required you to change some registry entries to fully enable). But the world is now moving on to TLS 1.3 for website encryption, and Windows 7 will never see such support.

[Ajay Mandke]

Thank you. My astroPC is a old laptop and does not have enough memory to load windows10.
For now, I have used the registry fixes and enabled TLS1.2 and was able to download the plugins.

Ajay

[Stefan B]

Removing version: 1.11 Nightly (automated comment)