Weebcentral not working / FlareSolverr not recognized

[theDispare]

Hi,
downloading from mangadex works fine. My next step was weebcentral. With a simple search with weebcentral selected i get

2026-04-02 10:31:04,954 [16] DEBUG API.MangaDownloadClients.HttpDownloadClient - Request https://weebcentral.com/search/data?limit=32&offset=0&text=smoking&sort=Best+Match&order=Ascending&official=Any&display_mode=Minimal%20Display returned 403 Forbidden
2026-04-02 10:31:04,956 [16] DEBUG API.MangaDownloadClients.HttpDownloadClient - Retrying with FlareSolverr!
2026-04-02 10:31:04,959 [16] DEBUG API.MangaDownloadClients.FlareSolverrDownloadClient - Using API.MangaDownloadClients.FlareSolverrDownloadClient for https://weebcentral.com/search/data?limit=32&offset=0&text=smoking&sort=Best+Match&order=Ascending&official=Any&display_mode=Minimal%20Display
2026-04-02 10:31:04,960 [16] ERROR API.MangaDownloadClients.FlareSolverrDownloadClient - FlareSolverr URL is empty
2026-04-02 10:31:04,960 [25] ERROR WeebCentral - Request failed or no HTML retrieved

so i got flaresolverr:

  flaresolverr:
    image: ghcr.io/flaresolverr/flaresolverr:latest
    container_name: flaresolverr
    environment:
      - LOG_LEVEL=${LOG_LEVEL:-info}
      - LOG_FILE=${LOG_FILE:-none}
      - LOG_HTML=${LOG_HTML:-false}
      - CAPTCHA_SOLVER=${CAPTCHA_SOLVER:-none}
      - TZ=${TIMEZONE}
    ports:
      - "${PORT:-8191}:8191"
    volumes:
      - /var/lib/flaresolver:/config
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      - mynetwork

And i added
- FLARESOLVERR_URL=http://flaresolverr:8191
as an environment variable to tranga-api. But i still get the exact same error. (I tried also all kinds of different urls)

Am i missing something here? Is weebcentral supposed to work without flaresolverr?

Thanks in advance

[virgil9th]

did you check your settings.json in the Tranga API folder?

{
  "DefaultDownloadLocation": "/Manga",
  "UserAgent": "Tranga/2.0 (Unix; x64)",
  "ImageCompression": 40,
  "BlackWhiteImages": false,
  "FlareSolverrUrl": "https://192.168.0.110:8191",
  "ChapterNamingScheme": "%M - Ch.%C",
  "WorkCycleTimeoutMs": 20000,
  "DownloadLanguage": "en",
  "MaxConcurrentDownloads": 2,
  "MaxConcurrentWorkers": 20,
  "LibraryRefreshSetting": "AfterAllFinished",
  "RefreshLibraryWhileDownloadingEveryMinutes": 10
}

[theDispare]

Thank you very much. This was exactly the point. Now the error is gone. I imagine the following. With the first start of tranga the settings.json was created but without flaresovlerrurl. Only afterwards i added it in docker compose and the .json was not updated?

But is it actually working on your side? I think i run in the same issue as #569 -> #570
When i try do download a chapter now i get the following log:

2026-04-03 20:31:54,508 [44] DEBUG API.Schema.MangaContext.MangaContext - Syncing 1 changes MangaContext ChaptersController MoveNext...
2026-04-03 20:31:54,514 [44] DEBUG API.Schema.MangaContext.MangaContext - Synced 1 rows...
2026-04-03 20:31:54,514 [44] DEBUG API.Tranga - Adding Worker DownloadChapterFromMangaconnectorWorker-cs9cqa72qymns4jvoktqrk8m MangaConnectorId`1-f8b4af6e245a1d7178d631a5bb1eb92d
2026-04-03 20:31:54,514 [44] DEBUG API.Tranga - Starting DownloadChapterFromMangaconnectorWorker-cs9cqa72qymns4jvoktqrk8m MangaConnectorId`1-f8b4af6e245a1d7178d631a5bb1eb92d
2026-04-03 20:31:54,515 [44] DEBUG API.Workers.MangaDownloadWorkers.DownloadChapterFromMangaconnectorWorker - Checking DownloadChapterFromMangaconnectorWorker-cs9cqa72qymns4jvoktqrk8m MangaConnectorId`1-f8b4af6e245a1d7178d631a5bb1eb92d
2026-04-03 20:31:54,515 [44] INFO  API.Workers.MangaDownloadWorkers.DownloadChapterFromMangaconnectorWorker - Running DownloadChapterFromMangaconnectorWorker-cs9cqa72qymns4jvoktqrk8m MangaConnectorId`1-f8b4af6e245a1d7178d631a5bb1eb92d
2026-04-03 20:31:54,515 [44] DEBUG API.Workers.MangaDownloadWorkers.DownloadChapterFromMangaconnectorWorker - Downloading chapter for MangaConnectorId MangaConnectorId`1-f8b4af6e245a1d7178d631a5bb1eb92d...
2026-04-03 20:31:54,524 [44] DEBUG API.Workers.MangaDownloadWorkers.DownloadChapterFromMangaconnectorWorker - Downloading chapter for MangaConnectorId MangaConnectorId`1-f8b4af6e245a1d7178d631a5bb1eb92d Chapter-58f3360f46b54a780014c187d2d19f64 Vol. Ch.1 - ...
2026-04-03 20:31:54,524 [44] INFO  API.Workers.MangaDownloadWorkers.DownloadChapterFromMangaconnectorWorker - Getting imageUrls for chapter Chapter-58f3360f46b54a780014c187d2d19f64 Vol. Ch.1 -
2026-04-03 20:31:54,524 [44] INFO  WeebCentral - Getting Chapter Image-Urls: Chapter-58f3360f46b54a780014c187d2d19f64 Vol. Ch.1 -
2026-04-03 20:31:54,524 [44] DEBUG API.MangaDownloadClients.ChromiumDownloadClient - Using API.MangaDownloadClients.ChromiumDownloadClient for https://weebcentral.com/chapters/01J76XZ812WKWQH58G74HPTWXX
2026-04-03 20:31:54,524 [44] DEBUG API.MangaDownloadClients.ChromiumDownloadClient - Starting Chromium init.
2026-04-03 20:31:54,524 [44] INFO  API.MangaDownloadClients.ChromiumDownloadClient - Using local Chromium at /usr/bin/ungoogled-chromium
2026-04-03 20:31:55,504 [44] ERROR API.MangaDownloadClients.ChromiumDownloadClient - Failed to initialize Chromium browser: Failed to launch browser! chrome_crashpad_handler: --database is required
Try 'chrome_crashpad_handler --help' for more information.
[501:501:0403/203154.597694:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/util/linux/socket.cc:120] recvmsg: Connection reset by peer (104)

2026-04-03 20:31:55,504 [44] WARN  API.MangaDownloadClients.ChromiumDownloadClient - Browser not initialized; returning error.
2026-04-03 20:31:55,504 [44] ERROR WeebCentral - Failed to load chapter page with Chromium
2026-04-03 20:31:55,504 [44] INFO  API.Workers.MangaDownloadWorkers.DownloadChapterFromMangaconnectorWorker - No imageUrls for chapter Chapter-58f3360f46b54a780014c187d2d19f64 Vol. Ch.1 -
2026-04-03 20:31:55,504 [44] INFO  API.Workers.MangaDownloadWorkers.DownloadChapterFromMangaconnectorWorker - Completed DownloadChapterFromMangaconnectorWorker-cs9cqa72qymns4jvoktqrk8m MangaConnectorId`1-f8b4af6e245a1d7178d631a5bb1eb92d
        989.0884 ms
2026-04-03 20:31:55,504 [44] DEBUG API.Tranga - DefaultAfterWork DownloadChapterFromMangaconnectorWorker-cs9cqa72qymns4jvoktqrk8m MangaConnectorId`1-f8b4af6e245a1d7178d631a5bb1eb92d
2026-04-03 20:31:55,504 [44] DEBUG API.Tranga - Children done DownloadChapterFromMangaconnectorWorker-cs9cqa72qymns4jvoktqrk8m MangaConnectorId`1-f8b4af6e245a1d7178d631a5bb1eb92d
2026-04-03 20:31:55,504 [44] DEBUG API.Tranga - DownloadChapterFromMangaconnectorWorker-cs9cqa72qymns4jvoktqrk8m MangaConnectorId`1-f8b4af6e245a1d7178d631a5bb1eb92d created 0 new Workers.

[virgil9th]

unfortunately mine isn't working at all for the posted reasons. so i'm waiting for the pull requests to go through to cutting edge so i can test

[consoling243]

Hi @theDispare @virgil9th! Glax just merged PR #570 into cuttingedge, you guys should be good to retest the issue now.

[theDispare]

Hey,
thanks. weebcentral now works
so i have several issues questions, maybe they are general tranga questions:

1. How is Metadata linking working? For weebcentral i never get a link to myanimelist. does this feature need the id, that weeb is probably not providing?
2. Is it intended that the series name is not embedded in the chapters metadata and only summary, tags, number and volume, etc is?
3. if i add a new manga and select my library i cant see the chapters of the manga until i press the "Download from this site" button. So there is no option to download for example only new chapters? i always have to download whole series?
4. when searching for a manga (without a direct url to the site) all search results are added to the homepage overview
5. This is also true for latest the database container really often prints FATAL: role "root" does not exist

[consoling243]

The only thing I can say for sure is that number 4 has a feature request tied to it on the Tranga-Website side (C9Glax/tranga-website#185). Gimme me a moment to dig into the code for everything else.

[virgil9th]

seems my issue is slightly different
my flare solver lease is acquired then tranga doesnt attempt to connect with weebcentral

Tranga(1).log

lines 384 to 394

[consoling243]

Hmm, is this happening when you search for a series? Or is that series already added to your library and this happens when you try to download it?

[virgil9th]

Hmm, is this happening when you search for a series? Or is that series already added to your library and this happens when you try to download it?

both, i had a older copy of cutting edge running on my test bench that i updated. when it still didnt work after the most recent update i did a clean install, spun it up and did a search for a new, both by name and by direct link. does the same thing

[virgil9th]

update:
rebuilt my test bench wiped entire system. cuttingedge is now working as expected on weebcentral.
not sure why wiping the docker and related folders didnt do it.