Why does macos tahoe require > PT3H to download?

[RokeJulianLockhart]

At least, that is what it predicts: ¹

Per speedtest.net/result/19066082712, it shouldn't.

My Environment

1. Details

   #!/usr/bin/env sh
   rpm -qf $(command -v quickemu) \
   	--queryformat "$(
   		cat <<'EOF'
   Name: %{NAME}
   Version: %{VERSION}
   Release: %{RELEASE}
   Architecture: %{ARCH}
   Install Date: %{INSTALLTIME:date}
   Size: %{SIZE}
   Signature: %{SIGPGP:pgpsig}
   Source RPM: %{SOURCERPM}
   Build Date: %{BUILDTIME:date}
   Build Host: %{BUILDHOST}
   Packager: %{PACKAGER}
   Vendor: %{VENDOR}
   EOF
   	)"$'\n' | yq -P

2. Name: quickemu
   Version: 4.9.9
   Release: 1.fc43
   Architecture: noarch
   Install Date: Sat 11 Apr 2026 10:56:06 BST
   Size: 304267
   Signature: (none)
   Source RPM: quickemu-4.9.9-1.fc43.src.rpm
   Build Date: Fri 13 Feb 2026 21:34:34 GMT
   Build Host: buildvm-ppc64le-25.rdu3.fedoraproject.org
   Packager: Fedora Project
   Vendor: Fedora Project

Footnotes

1. issues/1902#issue-4244237317 ↩