Confusing error message

[boshek]

In available_flows the warning implies to me that it is struggling to get data.

To Reproduce

library(tidyhydat)

## does not work
available_flows("08GD010",
  start_date = "2026-02-04",
  end_date = "2026-04-28")
#> HYDAT unavailable, falling back to web service...
#> Warning: Failed to retrieve validated data from both HYDAT and web service
#>   Queried on: 2026-04-30 18:21:39.170755 (UTC)
#>   Overall date range: 2026-02-04 to 2026-04-28
#>   Flow records by approval status:
#>     provisional: 84
#>   Station(s) returned: 1
#>   All stations successfully retrieved.
#>   Use summary() for per-station date ranges.
#> # A tibble: 84 × 6
#>    STATION_NUMBER Date       Parameter Value Symbol Approval   
#>    <chr>          <date>     <chr>     <dbl> <chr>  <chr>      
#>  1 08GD010        2026-02-04 Flow       79.1 <NA>   provisional
#>  2 08GD010        2026-02-05 Flow       89.6 <NA>   provisional
#>  3 08GD010        2026-02-06 Flow       66.9 <NA>   provisional
#>  4 08GD010        2026-02-07 Flow       60.3 <NA>   provisional
#>  5 08GD010        2026-02-08 Flow       81.1 <NA>   provisional
#>  6 08GD010        2026-02-09 Flow       57.8 <NA>   provisional
#>  7 08GD010        2026-02-10 Flow       48.5 <NA>   provisional
#>  8 08GD010        2026-02-11 Flow       42.1 <NA>   provisional
#>  9 08GD010        2026-02-12 Flow       38.2 <NA>   provisional
#> 10 08GD010        2026-02-13 Flow       35.8 <NA>   provisional
#> # ℹ 74 more rows

## does work
available_flows("08GD010")
#>   Queried on: 2026-04-30 18:21:42.399088 (UTC)
#>   Historical data source: HYDAT
#>   Overall date range: 2021-06-01 to 2026-04-30
#>   Flow records by approval status:
#>     final: 1,310
#>     provisional: 485
#>   Station(s) returned: 1
#>   All stations successfully retrieved.
#>   Use summary() for per-station date ranges.
#> # A tibble: 1,795 × 6
#>    STATION_NUMBER Date       Parameter Value Symbol Approval
#>    <chr>          <date>     <chr>     <dbl> <chr>  <chr>   
#>  1 08GD010        2021-06-01 Flow         NA <NA>   final   
#>  2 08GD010        2021-06-02 Flow         NA <NA>   final   
#>  3 08GD010        2021-06-03 Flow         NA <NA>   final   
#>  4 08GD010        2021-06-04 Flow         NA <NA>   final   
#>  5 08GD010        2021-06-05 Flow         NA <NA>   final   
#>  6 08GD010        2021-06-06 Flow         NA <NA>   final   
#>  7 08GD010        2021-06-07 Flow         NA <NA>   final   
#>  8 08GD010        2021-06-08 Flow         NA <NA>   final   
#>  9 08GD010        2021-06-09 Flow         NA <NA>   final   
#> 10 08GD010        2021-06-10 Flow         NA <NA>   final   
#> # ℹ 1,785 more rows

hy_stations()
#>   Queried from version of HYDAT released on 2026-04-17
#>    Observations:                      8,055
#>    Jurisdictions: QC, ME, NB, PE, NS, MN, ON, MI, NL, MB, AB, MT, SK, ND, NU, NT, BC, YT, AK, WA, ID
#>    Station(s) returned:               8,055
#>    Stations requested but not returned: 
#>     All stations returned.
#> # A tibble: 8,055 × 15
#>    STATION_NUMBER STATION_NAME PROV_TERR_STATE_LOC REGIONAL_OFFICE_ID HYD_STATUS
#>    <chr>          <chr>        <chr>                            <dbl> <chr>     
#>  1 01AA002        DAAQUAM (RI… QC                                   6 DISCONTIN…
#>  2 01AD001        MADAWASKA (… QC                                   6 DISCONTIN…
#>  3 01AD002        SAINT JOHN … ME                                   7 ACTIVE    
#>  4 01AD003        ST. FRANCIS… NB                                   7 ACTIVE    
#>  5 01AD004        SAINT JOHN … NB                                   7 ACTIVE    
#>  6 01AD005        MADAWASKA (… QC                                   6 DISCONTIN…
#>  7 01AD008        LONG (LAC) … QC                                   6 DISCONTIN…
#>  8 01AD009        CABANO (RIV… QC                                   6 DISCONTIN…
#>  9 01AD012        SAINT-FRANC… QC                                   6 DISCONTIN…
#> 10 01AD013        SAINT-FRANC… QC                                   6 DISCONTIN…
#> # ℹ 8,045 more rows
#> # ℹ 10 more variables: SED_STATUS <chr>, LATITUDE <dbl>, LONGITUDE <dbl>,
#> #   DRAINAGE_AREA_GROSS <dbl>, DRAINAGE_AREA_EFFECT <dbl>, RHBN <lgl>,
#> #   REAL_TIME <lgl>, CONTRIBUTOR_ID <int>, OPERATOR_ID <int>, DATUM_ID <int>

list.files(hy_dir())
#> [1] "Hydat.sqlite3"

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