Torrents stuck on downloading metadata from 0 peers

Restarting the torrent do not work. Pause and Start. Restarting qbittorrent do not work. The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered:.

Sorry, something went wrong. What does the peers button show? Does it try to connect to any peers? Does the log say anything relevant? The same IPs are getting blocked over and over again.

Is that normal behavior? I do not know what "queue limit" is. I have not enabled any such settings. Is that on by default? Other torrents download just fine. Try pausing everything except the magnet. Does it download? Have you set an ipfilter? If yes, it probably blocks those ips. Doesn't work. Updated and tested. Check with your VPN provider and, if it does offer BitTorrent-friendly servers, make sure to connect to these when using uTorrent to download or share your files.

If uTorrent is not connecting to peers, it might be worth looking at alternative BitTorrent clients to see if the problem is with the software and not with the file. To lower the risks, you should consider scanning for malware on your Windows PC on a regular basis.

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It first appeared after update to 4. I tried to downgrade with clean install but without success. As soon as I switch to proxy it stalls at downloading metadata. Same behaviour as macinoshee, also on 4. Works when turning off proxy. Also works again when turning proxy on after metadata has been downloaded. If I add new magnet links after turning proxy on again, it's stuck at same issue, downloading metadata.

Yes, true. As soon as metadata is downloaded I can switch proxy on and it continues download. I can confirm the proxy issue. Add magnet link: stalls at metadata downloading usually, sometimes it works as normal. Turn off proxy, wait for metadata to download, turn on proxy and it keeps downloads. The proxy used is privateinternetaccess. I've been having this issue since like 3. I just updated to 4. I selected "Use different port on each startup" and it the torrents immediately moved from downloading metadata to downloading.

Having the same issue with proxy on windows Thanks, as a fix that works for me until a proper fix comes along I'm using Qbittorrent-VPN docker. Was working fine for me at first. I'm currently running Ubuntu Server Sonarr grabs the show, passes the magnet url to qbittorrent, and qbittorrent downloads the show. First test worked fine, except that after download, Sonarr could not access the download location So to possibly fix this, I created a folder in a publically accessible location, and changed permissions so everyone and their grandmother could access it I am NOT using a proxy.

But if I enable proxy without giving it any real proxy info, it will go away from the 'metadata' thing, and go into 'downloading' but does nothing. Once I switch back to 'none' for proxy, it then downloads a few bytes of data, then nothing.

Still says "downloading" but nothing is actually being downloaded. At this point, the people going "this is an upstream issue" need to actually think about what's going on I remember I used to use it on windows as my main torrent downloader, but moved away from it ages ago and couldn't remember why I did, but figured that whatever made me want to move away must have been fixed by now Post by kiwi » Tue Apr 07, pm.

Post by x » Tue Apr 07, pm. Post by x » Wed Apr 08, am. Privacy Terms. Quick links. Downloading from 0 of 0 peers and no torrent metadata Post by kiwi » Mon Apr 06, pm Hi, I am quite new to torrenting and I have spent a number of hours now trying to find the remedy to this problem.