diff --git a/install.ps1 b/install.ps1
index a269b6a3..922c553e 100644
--- a/install.ps1
+++ b/install.ps1
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ param(
 
 $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
 $defaultInstallUrl = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.py"
-$defaultInstallSha256 = "0c3089832c2ee7e61b50a49edcd9a810814be8b5465238755b3954ff895c5e18"
+$defaultInstallSha256 = "324baf5363d46da75cb7f166e83b323a40ce6502084314360f909e9d1ff4dd4e"
 $maximumInstallerBytes = 2MB
 $installerExit = 0
 $installer = if ($PSScriptRoot) { Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "install.py" } else { $null }
diff --git a/install.py b/install.py
index f894fd97..e200f844 100644
--- a/install.py
+++ b/install.py
@@ -1753,12 +1753,17 @@ def _fetch_json(url: str, limit: int, label: str) -> object:
             if exc.code < 500 and exc.code != 429 or attempt == MAX_RETRIES:
                 raise
             delay = _retry_delay(attempt, exc.headers.get("Retry-After") if exc.headers else None)
+            problem = f"HTTP {exc.code}"
         except (urllib.error.URLError, OSError, http.client.HTTPException) as exc:
             if attempt == MAX_RETRIES:
                 if isinstance(exc, http.client.HTTPException):
                     raise ConnectionError(f"connection cut: {exc!r}") from exc
                 raise
             delay = _retry_delay(attempt, None)
+            problem = str(getattr(exc, "reason", None) or exc)
+        # Said, or three 30-second attempts read as a frozen program.
+        print(f"  The {label} did not arrive ({problem}); trying again "
+              f"({attempt + 1}/{MAX_RETRIES}) in {delay:.0f} s.", file=sys.stderr)
         time.sleep(delay)
     raise AssertionError("unreachable")
 
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index fe75e117..f3e568b3 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ esac
 TEMP_INSTALLER=""
 TEMP_DIRECTORY=""
 DEFAULT_INSTALL_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.py"
-DEFAULT_INSTALL_SHA256="0c3089832c2ee7e61b50a49edcd9a810814be8b5465238755b3954ff895c5e18"
+DEFAULT_INSTALL_SHA256="324baf5363d46da75cb7f166e83b323a40ce6502084314360f909e9d1ff4dd4e"
 MAX_INSTALLER_BYTES=2097152
 
 cleanup() {
diff --git a/tests/test_install.py b/tests/test_install.py
index ab3ea785..c6f64238 100644
--- a/tests/test_install.py
+++ b/tests/test_install.py
@@ -2470,6 +2470,19 @@ class ACutFileListIsRetried(unittest.TestCase):
                 unittest.mock.patch.object(install.time, "sleep"):
             self.assertEqual(install._fetch_json("https://x/y.json", 1000, "manifest"), {"a": 1})
 
+    def test_a_retry_is_announced(self):
+        import contextlib
+
+        full = json.dumps({"a": 1}).encode()
+        answers = iter([self._Response(full[:4], len(full)), self._Response(full, len(full))])
+        err = io.StringIO()
+        with unittest.mock.patch.object(install.urllib.request, "urlopen",
+                                        lambda *a, **k: next(answers)), \
+                unittest.mock.patch.object(install.time, "sleep"), \
+                contextlib.redirect_stderr(err):
+            install._fetch_json("https://x/y.json", 1000, "file list")
+        self.assertIn("trying again (2/3)", err.getvalue())
+
     def test_a_short_body_is_a_connection_error(self):
         with self.assertRaises(ConnectionError):
             install._read_limited_json(self._Response(b'{"a"', 10), 1000, "manifest")