Add an option for assigning bandwidth usage priority #4578

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opened 2026-02-21 17:23:36 -05:00 by deekerman · 3 comments

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2026-02-21 17:23:36 -05:00

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Originally created by @A-Shahbazi on GitHub (Jul 31, 2016).

I know there is a priority option but it just gives us a queue.

Let's assume this scenario: I have a set of torrents downloading and I want one to complete as soon as possible. Unfortunately, the torrent I care about the most can't use all of my bandwidth because of limited peers. So if I set concurrent downloads anything above than 1(to use my bandwidth more efficiently) the other torrents which have more peers get a bigger share of the bandwidth(more than just the remainder bandwidth the important torrent couldn't use).

Originally created by @A-Shahbazi on GitHub (Jul 31, 2016). I know there is a priority option but it just gives us a queue. Let's assume this scenario: I have a set of torrents downloading and I want one to complete as soon as possible. Unfortunately, the torrent I care about the most can't use all of my bandwidth because of limited peers. So if I set concurrent downloads anything above than 1(to use my bandwidth more efficiently) the other torrents which have more peers get a bigger share of the bandwidth(more than just the remainder bandwidth the important torrent couldn't use).

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@thalieht commented on GitHub (Jul 31, 2016):

I thought this was part of priorities's job but i don't use them so i don't know. What a bummer if priorities is only for queuing.

@thalieht commented on GitHub (Jul 31, 2016): I thought this was part of priorities's job but i don't use them so i don't know. What a bummer if priorities is only for queuing.

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@palantra commented on GitHub (Aug 15, 2016):

The lack of priority bandwidth usage was one of the reasons it took me so long to switch over to qBittorrent from uTorrent. In the end qBittorrent is better but I still miss this feature. Also maybe we could prioritize entire labels or categories as well as the usual single torrent selection.

@palantra commented on GitHub (Aug 15, 2016): The lack of priority bandwidth usage was one of the reasons it took me so long to switch over to qBittorrent from uTorrent. In the end qBittorrent is better but I still miss this feature. Also maybe we could prioritize entire labels or categories as well as the usual single torrent selection.

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@thalieht commented on GitHub (Sep 20, 2018):

Duplicate of #566

@thalieht commented on GitHub (Sep 20, 2018): Duplicate of #566