Enable resumable downloads by default (#13464)

ichard26 · web-flow · commit 8c3a68d14640 · 2025-07-11T12:51:03.000-04:00
diff --git a/news/13464.feature.rst b/news/13464.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Automatic download resumption and retrying is enabled by default.
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py b/src/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ class PipOption(Option):
     "--resume-retries",
     dest="resume_retries",
     type="int",
-    default=0,
+    default=5,
     help="Maximum attempts to resume or restart an incomplete download. "
     "(default: %default)",
 )

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	`1`	`+Automatic download resumption and retrying is enabled by default.`
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`@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ class PipOption(Option):`
`294`	`294`	`"--resume-retries",`
`295`	`295`	`dest="resume_retries",`
`296`	`296`	`type="int",`
`297`		`- default=0,`
	`297`	`+ default=5,`
`298`	`298`	`help="Maximum attempts to resume or restart an incomplete download. "`
`299`	`299`	`"(default: %default)",`
`300`	`300`	`)`