"Download first and last pieces first" option in Settings #10085

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opened 2026-02-21 20:33:30 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 20:33:30 -05:00

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Originally created by @a-raccoon on GitHub (Apr 4, 2020).

Please add the option Download first and last pieces first in the Settings under the Downloads section. This will enable the option by default for all newly added torrents, leaving old torrents untouched.

Why? Because it's very inconvenient to toggle this setting on by hand. It is generally considered PEER SAFE behavior for a client to always download the first and last pieces of each file in a torrent, and this serves the practical purpose of downloading all small README files first, as well as all metadata (file headers, ID3 tags, etc) of larger files. Please see this other post for greater detail. [ref]

(I do not ask that the option Download in sequential order be added as an preference under Settings as that behavior is considered to be PEER RUINOUS and should only be used sparring; by few people.) [ref] [ref]

@a-raccoon marks this as a duplicate of #9746
@a-raccoon marks this as a duplicate of #8512
@a-raccoon marks this as a partial-duplicate of #6869
@a-raccoon marks this as unrelated to #164

Originally created by @a-raccoon on GitHub (Apr 4, 2020). Please add the option `Download first and last pieces first` in the Settings under the Downloads section. This will enable the option by default for all newly added torrents, leaving old torrents untouched. Why? Because it's very inconvenient to toggle this setting on by hand. It is generally considered _PEER SAFE_ behavior for a client to always download the first and last pieces of each file in a torrent, and this serves the practical purpose of downloading all small README files first, as well as all metadata (file headers, ID3 tags, etc) of larger files. Please see this other post for greater detail. [[ref]](https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/10420#issuecomment-522333498) (I do not ask that the option `Download in sequential order` be added as an preference under Settings as that behavior is considered to be _PEER RUINOUS_ and should only be used sparring; by few people.) [[ref]](https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/1404) [[ref]](http://wiki.vuze.com/w/Sequential_downloading_is_bad) @a-raccoon marks this as a duplicate of #9746 @a-raccoon marks this as a duplicate of #8512 @a-raccoon marks this as a partial-duplicate of #6869 @a-raccoon marks this as unrelated to #164

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@FranciscoPombal commented on GitHub (Apr 4, 2020):

You knew this was a duplicate and you still posted it, why? Duplicate of: https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/9746

If you just wanted to elaborate on potential benefits, you could have just added a comment to the existing issue.

@FranciscoPombal commented on GitHub (Apr 4, 2020): You knew this was a duplicate and you still posted it, why? Duplicate of: https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/9746 If you just wanted to elaborate on potential benefits, you could have just added a comment to the existing issue.