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Summary

Fixes #637. Magnets stuck in metaDL or forcedMetaDL no longer remain pending forever or block cleanup of other torrents sharing their save folder.

• Verify zero downloaded payload bytes, zero progress, and a successfully retrieved empty file list before granting metadata-only clearance. Unknown payload accounting or failed file lookups retain protection.
• Remove verified empty magnets with delete_files=False, retaining age, stalled-delay, ignored-tag, ownership, and removal-policy checks. Recheck metadata-only status before removal; Arr cleanup follows confirmed client removal.
• Keep normal HnR and shared-content protections for torrents with payload or declared files. Update seeding and health-monitoring documentation and release notes.

Testing

• Added regression coverage for both metadata states, Arr follow-ups, shared folders across clients, protection rules, unavailable file data, and metadata appearing before deletion.
• Focused removal/stalled suites: 65 passed.
• All applicable pre-commit hooks passed.
• Strict documentation build passed.
• Live qBittorrent/Arr verification.

Full Python suite: 554 passed, 1 failed. The existing tests/test_versioning.py::test_bundled_version_has_no_git_hash_suffix still hard-codes 5.12.12-1, while the current bundled version is 5.14.7-3; both are unchanged from master.

Checklist

• Linked the related issue.
• Ran relevant formatting and validation checks.
• Updated user-facing documentation and changelog.
• Confirmed no credentials or live data are included.

Additional Notes

Validation used isolated temporary data directories and mocked clients. Live torrent deletion was not performed.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Verified metadata-only torrents can be removed after removal rules clear, without deleting files. They must have zero downloaded bytes, zero progress, and a confirmed empty file list; unknown or incomplete information keeps them protected.
  • These torrents no longer block cleanup of other torrents sharing their save folder. Related Arr queue removal and blocklisting occur only after successful client removal.
  • Age, stalled-delay, ignored-tag, and removal-policy protections still apply.

• Documentation

  • Updated seeding and health-monitoring guidance to explain these conditions and safeguards.

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Walkthrough

The removal flow now recognizes verified metadata-only torrents and allows them through HnR clearance. It rechecks eligibility before removal, removes only the client entry, and preserves existing removal protections.

Changes: Metadata-only torrent removal

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Eligibility and HnR clearance qBitrr/arss/qbit_side_effects.py, qBitrr/arss/torrent_limits.py, tests/test_hnr_removal_boundary.py	Metadata-only status requires a metadata-download state, exactly zero downloaded bytes, zero progress, and a successfully retrieved empty file list. HnR clearance accepts qualifying torrents, and content ownership checks skip them. Tests cover eligibility and shared-folder peers.
Revalidated removal and supporting coverage qBitrr/arss/qbit_side_effects.py, tests/test_hnr_removal_boundary.py, docs/configuration/seeding.md, docs/features/health-monitoring.md, CHANGELOG.md	Final removal rechecks metadata-only status and uses delete_files=False. Tests cover removal protections, changed state or file lists, dispatch, and shared-folder cleanup. Documentation and the changelog describe the removal conditions and outcomes.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related PRs

• Feramance/qBitrr#628: This PR extends the torrent-removal safeguards and deletion flow introduced there.

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to fabe3

Verified empty magnets can be removed without deleting files. No merge-blocking issue is established.

Pre-merge checks: 5

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: removing verified metadata-only torrents.
Description check		The description includes the required Summary, Testing, Checklist, and Additional Notes sections. It explains the change, validation results, documentation updates, known full-suite failure, and lack …
Linked Issues check		Issue #637 requires eligible stalled metadata-only torrents to leave qBittorrent and not block cleanup of torrents with content. is_metadata_only_torrent() verifies metaDL or forcedMetaDL, exact…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changed implementation supports issue #637. The tests cover the issue behavior and protection rules. The seeding and health-monitoring documentation and changelog document the same metadata-only c…
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…

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The description includes the required Summary, Testing, Checklist, and Additional Notes sections. It explains the change, validation results, documentation updates, known full-suite failure, and lack of live verification.

Full details: Linked Issues check

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Issue #637 requires eligible stalled metadata-only torrents to leave qBittorrent and not block cleanup of torrents with content. is_metadata_only_torrent() verifies metaDL or forcedMetaDL, exact zero downloaded, zero non-boolean progress, and a successfully retrieved empty file list. The removal path rechecks this status and sends delete_files=False. Shared-folder checks skip only verified metadata-only peers. Existing age, stalled-delay, ignored-tag, ownership, and removal-policy checks remain active. Tests cover both states, unavailable data, revalidation, shared folders, and Arr follow-ups.

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The changed implementation supports issue #637. The tests cover the issue behavior and protection rules. The seeding and health-monitoring documentation and changelog document the same metadata-only cleanup behavior. No unrelated change is demonstrated by the reviewed diff.

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Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 8 functions across 3 files. (2 skipped: 2 unsupported.)

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Actionable comments posted: 1

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tests/test_hnr_removal_boundary.py: 1

326-350: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Exercise the positive-delay dispatch path for both metadata states.

The new removal test seeds worker.delete before calling _process_failed, so it starts after stalled dispatch. The related stalled tests use stalled_delay = -1, which never expires. These tests would pass if the caller stopped dispatching either METADATA_DOWNLOAD or FORCED_METADATA_DOWNLOAD after a positive StalledDelay.

Add a test that drives both states through _process_single_torrent with an expired positive delay, then asserts removal and Arr follow-up dispatch.

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Review comment at @tests/test_hnr_removal_boundary.py around lines 326 - 350:
Add a test that drives both METADATA_DOWNLOAD and FORCED_METADATA_DOWNLOAD
through _process_single_torrent with a positive StalledDelay that has expired,
then verifies torrent removal and Arr follow-up dispatch; do not seed
worker.delete beforehand, so the test covers dispatch from the stalled path.

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Review comments at @docs/configuration/seeding.md:
- Line 1363: Update the documentation sentence describing empty-magnet clearance
to distinguish ordinary torrents from the metadata-only shortcut: state that
unknown downloaded bytes block only the shortcut, and a failed file-list lookup
blocks only a metadata-download torrent that reaches that lookup. Keep the
existing privacy, empty-file-list, cleanup, tracker-limit, and HnR statements
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Review comments at @tests/test_hnr_removal_boundary.py:
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FORCED_METADATA_DOWNLOAD through _process_single_torrent with a positive
StalledDelay that has expired, then verifies torrent removal and Arr follow-up
dispatch; do not seed worker.delete beforehand, so the test covers dispatch from
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Follow-up Comments

Check the file-list lookup hash.

362-362: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Check the file-list lookup hash.

torrents_files returns an empty list for any arguments in this test. A lookup for the wrong torrent could therefore pass while granting metadata-only clearance incorrectly. Assert that every file-list lookup uses torrent_hash="superman".

Based on learnings, tests with argument-insensitive mocks should check the relevant call arguments.

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Update the test’s torrents_files mock assertions to verify that every file-list
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