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Downloads & the download manager
Downloads run in the background — and survive closing the browser.
2 min readUpdated: 20 August 2026
Every user has a personal Downloads folder that is created automatically on first open. Downloads run server-side as system jobs — you can close the browser, the download continues.
Starting a download
- 1In the Files app: click Download from URL …
- 2Paste the link — the download starts as a job in the Job Center.
- 3Progress, pause and cancel live in the Job Center (bell icon in the shell).
- 4Finished files land automatically in your personal Downloads folder.
For developers
The SDK offers the same feature for apps: ora.downloads — including SSRF protection; loopback addresses are blocked. Downloads appear automatically in the user's Job Center.
The SDK offers the same feature for apps: ora.downloads — including SSRF protection; loopback addresses are blocked.
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