qBittorrent calls clients seeds when they only have a partial file #10767

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opened 2026-02-21 20:57:14 -05:00 by deekerman · 0 comments

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2026-02-21 20:57:14 -05:00

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Originally created by @dkids on GitHub (Jul 31, 2020).

qBittorrent 4.2.5 on MacOS 10.15

In multiple cases, qBittorrent calls clients seeds instead of peers even when they only have a partial file to serve.

It seems like a seed should have 100% of the information. It seems like qBittorrent is declaring clients seeds when they all have the same percentage of the files, even if that's not 100%

It may seem pedantic but I have a few items that I've been trying for months to get and it's frustrating to see "4 peers" for weeks and then check and see that none of them have the whole file.

See images: Backfire is stuck at 84.3% with two seeds

Bird on a Wire has two seeds but only 9.7%

Race to Witch Mountain

Thanks for working on qBittorrent. Transmission will always be my first love but it's so nice to have a program that's being actively developed and improved.

Originally created by @dkids on GitHub (Jul 31, 2020). qBittorrent 4.2.5 on MacOS 10.15 In multiple cases, qBittorrent calls clients seeds instead of peers even when they only have a partial file to serve. It seems like a seed should have 100% of the information. It seems like qBittorrent is declaring clients seeds when they all have the same percentage of the files, even if that's not 100% It may seem pedantic but I have a few items that I've been trying for months to get and it's frustrating to see "4 peers" for weeks and then check and see that none of them have the whole file. See images: Backfire is stuck at 84.3% with two seeds ![Screen Shot 2020-03-27 at 3 34 59 PM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/30055574/89056888-9cfdb980-d311-11ea-8c6d-100d4dac29fc.png) Bird on a Wire has two seeds but only 9.7% ![Screen Shot 2020-03-29 at 4 59 15 PM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/30055574/89056982-c28ac300-d311-11ea-9440-85ccb4e25c59.png) Race to Witch Mountain ![Screen Shot 2020-03-29 at 6 38 26 PM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/30055574/89057045-d59d9300-d311-11ea-990c-e873d896aa85.png) ![Screen Shot 2020-04-01 at 8 11 12 AM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/30055574/89057057-ddf5ce00-d311-11ea-9035-ec989f2a1235.png) Thanks for working on qBittorrent. Transmission will always be my first love but it's so nice to have a program that's being actively developed and improved.