"Failed - Server proble​m" when trying to save a PDF in preview in Google Chrome

I a previewing a PDF using the built-in PDF viewer in Chrome:

When I try to save it on my disk, I get a "Failed - Server problem" error message. How is that possible? I thought the PDF had been entirely downloaded before it got opened in Google Chrome built-in PDF viewer.

(If it matters, the PDF was linked from this page.)

3 Answers

I've encountered this issue because Chrome requires that a url pointing to a pdf ends with the appropriate file extension.

can display a pdf file, but the download will fail with the message "Failed - Server problem". In order to be able to display and download, you would need to have the url .

I often encounter this problem and have found the following workarounds: 1) Instead of downloading the PDF directly, choose Print and then "Save as PDF" 2) Use Firefox

I also had this problem downloading a PDF in a Chrome PDF Viewer The Viewer open a PDF from a filestream or byte array. I solved it by adding the length to the Header

Response.BinaryWrite(buffer);
Response.AppendHeader("Content-Length", buffer.LongLength.ToString());

Please note - Internet Explore worked just fine! Hope this helps