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@ratbox

The releases on the AUR are done automatically every hour. The issue is that sometimes the zen team does a release, then the script runs and updates the AUR package. And then they undo/remove the release. If this happens again simply wait another hour and the script will automatically update the AUR repo with the newest published version.

Thank you for understanding

For those coming from https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-general@lists.archlinux.org/thread/7EZTJXLIAQLARQNTMEW2HBWZYE626IFJ/, note that the malware is from zen-browser-PATCHED-bin. This package has not been compromised.

@mrjxtr

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This is the latest on github. Release build - 1.15.4b (2025-09-05).

why is this already 1.15.5b? I could not download Release build - 1.15.5b because that does not exist yet

AUR Explicit (1): zen-browser-bin-1.15.5b-1
:: (1/1) Downloaded PKGBUILD: zen-browser-bin
  1 zen-browser-bin                  (Installed) (Build Files Exist)
==> Packages to cleanBuild?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==> 
  1 zen-browser-bin                  (Installed) (Build Files Exist)
==> Diffs to show?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==> 
==> Making package: zen-browser-bin 1.15.5b-1 (Sat 06 Sep 2025 11:46:45 PM +08)
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Found zen-browser.sh
  -> Found zen.desktop
  -> Found policies.json
  -> Downloading zen-browser-1.15.5b-1-x86_64.tar.xz...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404
==> ERROR: Failure while downloading https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/releases/download/1.15.5b/zen.linux-x86_64.tar.xz
    Aborting...
 -> error downloading sources: /home/mrjxtr/.cache/yay/zen-browser-bin 
    context: exit status 1 


:: (1/1) Parsing SRCINFO: zen-browser-bin
==> Making package: zen-browser-bin 1.15.5b-1 (Sat 06 Sep 2025 11:46:46 PM +08)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Found zen-browser.sh
  -> Found zen.desktop
  -> Found policies.json
  -> Downloading zen-browser-1.15.5b-1-x86_64.tar.xz...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404
==> ERROR: Failure while downloading https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/releases/download/1.15.5b/zen.linux-x86_64.tar.xz
    Aborting...
 -> error making: zen-browser-bin-exit status 1
 -> Failed to install the following packages. Manual intervention is required:
zen-browser-bin - exit status 1

If anyone is facing this error in the latest version:

==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!
 -> error making: zen-browser-bin-exit status 1
 -> Failed to install the following packages. Manual intervention is required:
zen-browser-bin - exit status 1

This is caused by AUR checksum mismatch (the upstream tarball changed since the PKGBUILD’s last update). To fix this, you can do a clean rebuild:

# yay
rm -rf ~/.cache/yay/zen-browser-bin
yay -S zen-browser-bin

# or paru
rm -rf ~/.cache/paru/clone/zen-browser-bin
paru -S zen-browser-bin

This fixed the issue for me.

zen-browser-1.15.3b-1-x86_64.tar.xz still fails:

[thomas@roamer ~]$ LANG=C yay zen-browser-bin
1 aur/zen-browser-bin 1.15.3b-1 (+207 31.74) (Installed: 1.15.2b-1)
    Performance oriented Firefox-based web browser
==> Packages to install (eg: 1 2 3, 1-3 or ^4)
==> 1
AUR Explicit (1): zen-browser-bin-1.15.3b-1
:: PKGBUILD up to date, skipping download: zen-browser-bin
  1 zen-browser-bin                  (Installed) (Build Files Exist)
==> Packages to cleanBuild?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==> I
:: Deleting (1/1): /home/thomas/.cache/yay/zen-browser-bin
HEAD is now at b766f6a chore: Update to version 1.15.3b
Removing src/
Removing zen-browser-1.15.3b-1-x86_64.tar.xz
  1 zen-browser-bin                  (Installed) (Build Files Exist)
==> Diffs to show?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==> 
==> Making package: zen-browser-bin 1.15.3b-1 (Mi 03 Sep 2025 22:13:22 CEST)
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Found zen-browser.sh
  -> Found zen.desktop
  -> Found policies.json
  -> Downloading zen-browser-1.15.3b-1-x86_64.tar.xz...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
100 78.2M  100 78.2M    0     0  24.8M      0  0:00:03  0:00:03 --:--:-- 28.1M
==> WARNING: Skipping verification of source file PGP signatures.
==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
    zen-browser.sh ... Passed
    zen.desktop ... Passed
    policies.json ... Passed
==> Validating source_x86_64 files with sha256sums...
    zen-browser-1.15.3b-1-x86_64.tar.xz ... FAILED
==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!
 -> error downloading sources: /home/thomas/.cache/yay/zen-browser-bin 
         context: exit status 1 


:: (1/1) Parsing SRCINFO: zen-browser-bin
==> Making package: zen-browser-bin 1.15.3b-1 (Mi 03 Sep 2025 22:13:26 CEST)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Found zen-browser.sh
  -> Found zen.desktop
  -> Found policies.json
  -> Found zen-browser-1.15.3b-1-x86_64.tar.xz
==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
    zen-browser.sh ... Passed
    zen.desktop ... Passed
    policies.json ... Passed
==> Validating source_x86_64 files with sha256sums...
    zen-browser-1.15.3b-1-x86_64.tar.xz ... FAILED
==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!
 -> error making: zen-browser-bin-exit status 1
 -> Failed to install the following packages. Manual intervention is required:
zen-browser-bin - exit status 1

Just double checked the sha256sums and they seem to be correct.

Try running a clean build

With the current version 1.15.3b-1 the validity check fails for me.

Validating source_x86_64 files with sha256sums...
    zen-browser-1.15.3b-1-x86_64.tar.xz ... FAILED

Could you add x-scheme-handler/mailto to the MimeType list in the desktop file? Actually, it may be best to just copy what firefox uses https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/firefox/-/blob/f9e329eec6527527c387979e624088aaa03486fb/firefox.desktop#L11:

MimeType=application/json;application/pdf;application/rdf+xml;application/rss+xml;application/x-xpinstall;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;audio/flac;audio/ogg;audio/webm;image/avif;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;image/svg+xml;image/webp;text/html;text/xml;video/ogg;video/webm;x-scheme-handler/chrome;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/mailto;

==> ERROR: Error when uploading 'https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/releases/download/1.15.3b/zen.linux-x86_64.tar.xz ' Interruption... error: couldn't download the sources for "zen-browser-bin-1.15.3b-1": error: failed to build packages: zen-browser-bin-1.15.3b-1

404 issue

@Larvey the PKGBUILD is missing pkgbase, which should be set to zen-browser, and should be used for the installation directory (i.e. /opt/zen-browser instead of /opt/zen-browser-bin).