From 28fa5df61dccccc254caff8c7291408050d1c9a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Flowseal <sellyalegium@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 15:29:25 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #15952

---
 service.bat | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/service.bat b/service.bat
index 5b1606a..3a6f53a 100644
--- a/service.bat
+++ b/service.bat
@@ -928,18 +928,20 @@ set "hostsUrl=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Flowseal/zapret-discord-youtube/
 set "tempFile=%TEMP%\zapret_hosts.txt"
 set "needsUpdate=0"
 
+set "cacheBuster=%RANDOM%%RANDOM%%RANDOM%"
+set "requestUrl=%hostsUrl%?t=%cacheBuster%"
+
 echo Checking hosts file...
 
 if exist "%SystemRoot%\System32\curl.exe" (
-    curl -L -s -o "%tempFile%" "%hostsUrl%"
+    curl -L -s --fail -o "%tempFile%" "%requestUrl%"
 ) else (
     powershell -NoProfile -Command ^
-        "$url = '%hostsUrl%';" ^
+        "$url = '%requestUrl%';" ^
         "$out = '%tempFile%';" ^
         "$res = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -TimeoutSec 10 -UseBasicParsing;" ^
         "if ($res.StatusCode -eq 200) { $res.Content | Out-File -FilePath $out -Encoding UTF8 } else { exit 1 }"
 )
-
 if not exist "%tempFile%" (
     call :PrintRed "Failed to download hosts file from repository"
     call :PrintYellow "Copy hosts file manually from %hostsUrl%"