Large file downloads via ajax call give "Network Error" in Chrome browser

So I am trying to download a zip file with an ajax call to my api. The api responds with a base 64 encoded byte array. Now for most of the downloads this is working just fine, but when the zip file gets too large it starts to fail in Chrome. Works fine in all other browsers. From what I have found on stack overflow this is a known issue in chrome, and people suggested using blobs. Thing is I am using blobs and still have the issue. Here is my code for handling the download. I use this to download pdf and zip files by passing in different values for contentType. Has anyone run into this issue before? Are there any work arounds or scripts I can add to the page that will remedy this problem?

// data is base 64 encoded byte array
function download(data, filename, contentType) {

    var byteCharacters = atob(data);
    var byteNumbers = new Array(byteCharacters.length);
    for (var i = 0; i < byteCharacters.length; i++) {
        byteNumbers[i] = byteCharacters.charCodeAt(i);
    }
    var byteArray = new Uint8Array(byteNumbers);
    var blob = new Blob([byteArray], { type: contentType });

    if (window.navigator && window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob) {
        // IE / edge workaround
        window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob(blob, filename);
    } else if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox") > 0) {
        var a = window.document.createElement('a');
        a.download = filename;
        a.style.cssText = "display: none";
        a.target = "_blank";
        // Append anchor to body.
        document.body.appendChild(a);
        a.href = "data:" + contentType + ";base64," + data;
        a.click();

        // Remove anchor from body
        document.body.removeChild(a);
    } else //Chrome, safari, etc
        {
            var a = document.createElement("a");
            a.style = "display: none";
            var url = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
            a.href = url;
            a.download = filename;
            a.click();
            window.URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
        }
}

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