Blacklist idle/stalled/0kb files after 'x' time sitting at the downloader #298

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opened 2026-02-20 00:59:16 -05:00 by deekerman · 2 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 00:59:16 -05:00

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Originally created by @D4rkSl4ve on GitHub (Jul 20, 2018).

Having multiple torrent files just sitting at the downloader until I kill/erase/blacklist them. Many times, even though it is meeting the requirements of x-amount of seeders, the torrent files are bad or not being seeded. So they sit there until they are manually killed/erased/blacklisted, and at that point, Lidarr goes on to search again automatically.

It would be nice to have a timer of sorts that equates to the time willing to have a stalled torrent in the "activity" screen, and it kill itself, and maybe give the user as another option, if after x-time, kill and blacklist the torrent it found.

AB#451

Originally created by @D4rkSl4ve on GitHub (Jul 20, 2018). Having multiple torrent files just sitting at the downloader until I kill/erase/blacklist them. Many times, even though it is meeting the requirements of x-amount of seeders, the torrent files are bad or not being seeded. So they sit there until they are manually killed/erased/blacklisted, and at that point, Lidarr goes on to search again automatically. It would be nice to have a timer of sorts that equates to the time willing to have a stalled torrent in the "activity" screen, and it kill itself, and maybe give the user as another option, if after x-time, kill and blacklist the torrent it found. [AB#451](https://dev.azure.com/Servarr/7ab38f4e-5a57-4d70-84f4-94dd9bc5d6df/_workitems/edit/451)

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Area: Download Clients

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deekerman commented

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@Qstick commented on GitHub (Jul 22, 2018):

@Qstick commented on GitHub (Jul 22, 2018): Related, https://github.com/Sonarr/Sonarr/issues/958

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 00:59:17 -05:00

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@D4rkSl4ve commented on GitHub (Aug 13, 2018):

It might be related to that Sonarr#958, but the issue is that usually TV shows and Movies have hundreds, if not thousands of seeders, but music does not. So the chance of a TV show or a movie sitting there idled, is much less, so that is probably they haven't give it much thought.

@D4rkSl4ve commented on GitHub (Aug 13, 2018): It might be related to that Sonarr#958, but the issue is that usually TV shows and Movies have hundreds, if not thousands of seeders, but music does not. So the chance of a TV show or a movie sitting there idled, is much less, so that is probably they haven't give it much thought.