What does downloading metadata mean

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 Check your rate limits.

If your rate limits for upload are set to 0, then change them to something reasonable. After doing this, everything immediately started downloading, and all the stalled downloads restarted. Now though, I'm not sure if this is what they're referring to as an 'upstream issue', as I was under the impression that when they kept saying 'upstream issue' they were talking about the code being uploaded to the PPA and thus being what gets 'downloaded' to the community Although, with all this said, I do seem to still have an issue with a single download, as the download speed is unusually slow compared to everything else I'm not sure if this is just because out of all the files I've tested, this one happens to be the 'newest' as it was just uploaded today I was having the same problem here, but as you commented before about changing ports I looked for on qb and found the option to use a different port every time it initializes and it worked for me!

Hope it was helpful! I just got this problem again, and i notice this warning at the bottom of the window. But i click and goes to the Connection Tab but i don't know what to change there. It's hard to fix a bug that no one within the team is able to replicate and also seems to affect users upstream too.

Just thought I'd add: I'm using qBittorrent-nox 4. Enabling "Use Random Port on Startup" fixed my issues. Also drastically improved my speeds which is a plus. I did not have to adjust my rate limits; they are still set to 0. This isn't Docker-specific anyway. The client or the underlying lib is pretty pathetic. I'm sticking with 4. Sometimes I'll restart it after a download completes if the remaining ones are still "downloading metadata.

No torrents download, hence not really usable. Start new topic. Recommended Posts. RandmTask Posted December 4, Posted December 4, Hi Quite frequently I get stuck on 'Downloading Metadata' for certain torrents, whilst at the same time others download just fine.

Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options RandmTask Posted December 6, Posted December 6, Noone's had this problem or knows how to fix?? If the availability of the torrent doesn't exceed 0. That's the thing I cancel out the torrent and tried other ones but, they all consists of the same problem.

The availability status contains Red in all the other torrents as well. Also, tried "force start" but, still nothing. Do you think, I need to un-install and re-install bittorrent to see if that will fix anything or do you think it's something about the firewall settings?

Btw, I have windows 7. Also, is there another program that needs to be downloaded along with bittorrent? That won't fix anything. Actually, seems like bittorrent working today.

Last night, I choose a torrent with alot of seeders. However, first it had the same problem with no incoming connections and decided to let it be since it was at Anyways, a few minutes ago It appears to me that, most people could been offline at the time or something or maybe I parked my big rig in a bad section. Anyways, I do appreciate it you helping me. Thank you! Again, I'll let you know if any other issues arises.

Hope that you have a great day I'm having this same problem. I don't really know what I'm supposed to do. My roommate is also having the problem with the new update as well.

Since i upgraded to 7. Nothing has changed in configuration and Network indicator is green DHT nodes. Gotta say after this new build, I have been having at least one crash every few days bitTorrent crashes. Not able to download [anything anywhere] unless from PB, in which torrents go into the hidden label. I've never had any problems before 7. I used to use uTorrent until last month, when an update was made available and I obviously updated my version of the said software.

Since that day, uTorrent no longer worked: no downloading, no seeding which I do a lot , no seeds or peers detecting, and just a few nodes found in terms of DHT and sometimes the "waiting to log in" message. I re-installed uTorrent but to no relevant results: the situations persisted. Therefore, I downloaded BitTorrent, just to check if it was a software issue of uTorrent. And it worked! It worked perfectly fine, until the day some weeks ago when an update was made available and I downloaded it.

Guess what. BitTorrent no longer worked as it should, and I get the "waiting to log in" of DHT all the time, and just a little few nodes sometimes. Now, I use a laptop and all this problem only happen when I'm online via the internet connection I have at my place. When I'm at my folks' place, and use their internet connection, everything works fine with BitTorrent. I acknowledge this is a connection problem, but I'm clueless on how to fixe it.