hls.js not retrying when manifest request returns 404

[twilson90]

What do you want to do with Hls.js?

I've also tried setting the manifestLoadPolicy -> errorRetry -> maxNumRetry = 10
No different.
It tries once and completely gives up.
In my case the server hasn't generated a manifest yet so it sends a 404 until it's ready.
Why does hls.js not handle 404 errors?

What have you tried so far?

[robwalch]

This is the expected behavior for 4xx errors.

You need to add a shouldRetry callback filter to return true for 404s if you want to keep requesting a URL that could not be found.

https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js/blob/master/docs/API.md#shouldretry

https://hlsjs.video-dev.org/api-docs/hls.js.retryconfig