$file->download() loads 0 byte - Empty File

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i replaced $file->download() with the following, and this seems to work fine.

// from here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7263923/how-to-force-file-download-with-php
                        header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
                        header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: Binary"); 
                        header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=\"" . basename($file->url()) . "\""); 
                        readfile($file->url()); // do the double-download-dance (dirty but worky)