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fix: explain and back off refused torrent removals - #647
Stalled torrents can be marked for deletion every scan while final protections silently refuse removal. Log refusal reasons per torrent and qBittorrent instance, defer unchanged refused candidates for five minutes, and retry immediately when observed identity or activity changes. Keep all removal protections, including RemoveTorrent = -1.
Report candidates, blocked requests, uncertain pending responses, and successful client removals separately. Update user documentation and release notes. Verified that the existing metadata cleanup fix covers both metaDL and forcedMetaDL, using add time for stalled grace and client-only removal for verified empty magnets.
Fixes#639. Closes#527 (existing metadata fix verified by regression coverage).
Testing
Added automated tests for refusal logging, backoff expiry, activity changes, and outcome counts across clients.
Ran the full 550-test backend suite; all passed.
All applicable pre-commit hooks passed, including Black, isort, pyupgrade, autoflake, and secret detection.
git diff --check passed.
Performed manual verification against live qBittorrent and Arr services.
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Linked related issues.
Ran relevant formatting and lint checks.
Updated documentation and release notes.
Confirmed no secrets or credentials are committed.
Additional Notes
Tracker or policy changes are reconsidered on the next retry, within five minutes. No live-service testing was performed.
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Bug Fixes
Torrent removal refusals now include clearer reasons, with repeated unchanged refusals deferred for five minutes. Changes in torrent activity can trigger an earlier retry.
Removal protections are checked again before deletion, and saving settings does not remove torrents.
Deletion summaries distinguish candidates, blocked or deferred requests, pending outcomes, and confirmed removals. Queue removal and blocklisting occur only after the client confirms removal.
Refusal reasons are logged per torrent and client instance, without repeating unchanged reasons during the backoff.
Documentation
Updated the seeding and health-monitoring guides with removal behavior, retry timing, summary details, and the stalled-torrent removal setting.
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Walkthrough
Torrent removal checks now record refusal reasons and defer unchanged candidates for five minutes. Deletion summaries distinguish candidates, blocked requests, pending client responses, and confirmed removals.
Changes: Torrent removal flow
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Summary
Record refusal reasons and defer unchanged candidates qBitrr/arss/torrent_limits.py, qBitrr/arss/qbit_side_effects.py
Removal checks record specific refusal reasons. Candidate observations and retry deadlines defer repeated attempts when observations remain unchanged. Changed observations or expired deadlines allow another attempt.
Deletion marking records observations and suppresses repeated messages during an active retry delay. The scan prunes refusal records for candidates it no longer observes. Tests and documentation cover retry timing, changed torrent state, and refusal logging.
sequenceDiagram
participant TorrentScan
participant RemovalSideEffects
participant TorrentLimits
participant TorrentClient
TorrentScan->>RemovalSideEffects: submit candidate and torrent observation
RemovalSideEffects->>TorrentLimits: check removal rules and protections
TorrentLimits-->>RemovalSideEffects: return permission or refusal reason
RemovalSideEffects->>TorrentClient: request removal when checks pass
TorrentClient-->>RemovalSideEffects: return removal outcome
RemovalSideEffects-->>TorrentScan: provide outcome for deletion summary
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Possibly related PRs
Feramance/qBitrr#628: Establishes the removal-protection boundary that this change extends with refusal reasons, retry handling, and outcome reporting.
Feramance/qBitrr#638: Adds the metadata-only removal path. This change documents and tests that path while updating retry and removal-outcome handling.
Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 7c737
The previously reported repeated logging and repeated removal checks are addressed. No actionable merge-blocking issue remains after normal checks.
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The title names the main change: refused torrent removals now get explained reasons and a backoff. The changeset adds per-torrent refusal logging, a five-minute deferral for unchanged refused candidat…
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[#639] Refusal logging: refuse() in qbit_side_effects.delete_hashes_per_instance logs each refusal reason per torrent and instance, and logs again only when the observation or reason changes. Ever…
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The changes in qbit_side_effects.py, torrent_limits.py, torrent_inspect.py, and torrent_batch.py implement the refusal reasons, backoff, observation tracking, and separate outcome counts reque…
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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. Documentat…
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The title names the main change: refused torrent removals now get explained reasons and a backoff. The changeset adds per-torrent refusal logging, a five-minute deferral for unchanged refused candidates, and retry on changed activity. The 'fix:' prefix matches the bug-fix nature of the change. The title is concise, specific, and within normal length.
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[#639] Refusal logging: refuse() in qbit_side_effects.delete_hashes_per_instance logs each refusal reason per torrent and instance, and logs again only when the observation or reason changes. Every former silent return False branch now records a reason. Backoff: removal_retry_deferred and the pre-check in delete_hashes_per_instance skip unchanged refused candidates for 300 seconds. A changed observation (identity, state, progress, downloaded, ratio, last_activity, tags, super_seeding) permits an immediate retry. Deferral returns False and does not authorize removal. Protections: _deletion_rules_allow in torrent_limits.py still refuses RemoveTorrent values outside 1–4, including -1, and HnR, tag, and content-ownership checks still run before deletion. Summary: the summary report separates candidates, blocked requests, pending responses, and confirmed removals (per the PR summary and torrent_batch.py changes). Tests cover refusal logging, backoff expiry, activity changes, and outcome counts. [#527] The issue has no distinct coding requirement beyond a reference to #492. The metadata cleanup note in the changelog and the regression coverage cited by the PR do not add an unmet requirement. Manual verification against live services is not a coding requirement. Limitation: I checked the diffs for qbit_side_effects.py and torrent_limits.py directly. Test contents and torrent_batch.py behavior rely on the PR summary.
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The changes in qbit_side_effects.py, torrent_limits.py, torrent_inspect.py, and torrent_batch.py implement the refusal reasons, backoff, observation tracking, and separate outcome counts requested in #639. The tests in tests/test_hnr_removal_boundary.py verify those changes. The documentation changes in docs/configuration/seeding.md and docs/features/health-monitoring.md describe the same behavior and the RemoveTorrent = -1 protection. The CHANGELOG entry describes the same work and references #527 for the metadata cleanup coverage. No change was found that lacks a connection to the linked issues.
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Minor · Apply the refusal backoff when no candidate snapshot exists. · qbit_side_effects.py:422-423
qBitrr/arss/qbit_side_effects.py:422-423 Minor · Performance & Scalability · Poor tradeoff
Apply the refusal backoff when no candidate snapshot exists.
remove_and_maybe_blocklist calls delete_hashes_per_instance without a _removal_candidates entry. The expected is not None check then skips removal_retry_deferred. Refused torrents on this path re-run the final rules and shared-content scan on each retry, not after the five-minute delay.
No edit is proposed. Removing the gate was not verified safe.
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Review comment at @qBitrr/arss/qbit_side_effects.py around lines 422 - 423:
Update the refusal-backoff check in delete_hashes_per_instance so it also
applies when no _removal_candidates snapshot exists, including calls from
remove_and_maybe_blocklist. Establish that the check remains safe without an
expected snapshot before changing the gate, and preserve the existing
five-minute delay for deferred retries.
Minor · Gate the missing-files deletion log with removal_retry_deferred. · torrent_inspect.py:213-214
qBitrr/arss/torrent_inspect.py:213-214 Minor · Maintainability & Code Quality · Low value
Gate the missing-files deletion log with removal_retry_deferred.
Missing-files torrents reach _process_single_torrent_missing_files on every scan. That function logs Deleting torrent with missing files before the removal path checks the retry backoff. While a refusal is deferred, this INFO line repeats each scan, but nothing is deleted. Gate the log the same way _mark_for_deletion does.
Suggested fix
- self.logger.info(- "Deleting torrent with missing files: "- "[Progress: %s%%][Added On: %s]"- "[Availability: %s%%][Time Left: %s]"- "[Last active: %s] "- "| [%s] | %s (%s)",- round(torrent.progress * 100, 2),- datetime.fromtimestamp(torrent.added_on),- round(torrent.availability * 100, 2),- timedelta(seconds=torrent.eta),- datetime.fromtimestamp(torrent.last_activity),- torrent.state_enum,- torrent.name,- torrent.hash,- )
# We do not want to blacklist these!!
- from qBitrr.arss.qbit_side_effects import removal_candidate+ from qBitrr.arss.qbit_side_effects import removal_candidate, removal_retry_deferred++ if not removal_retry_deferred(self, instance_name, torrent):+ self.logger.info(+ "Deleting torrent with missing files: "+ "[Progress: %s%%][Added On: %s]"+ "[Availability: %s%%][Time Left: %s]"+ "[Last active: %s] "+ "| [%s] | %s (%s)",+ round(torrent.progress * 100, 2),+ datetime.fromtimestamp(torrent.added_on),+ round(torrent.availability * 100, 2),+ timedelta(seconds=torrent.eta),+ datetime.fromtimestamp(torrent.last_activity),+ torrent.state_enum,+ torrent.name,+ torrent.hash,+ )
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Review comment at @qBitrr/arss/torrent_inspect.py around lines 213 - 214:
Ensure the “Deleting torrent with missing files” log in
_process_single_torrent_missing_files is emitted only when
removal_retry_deferred indicates the retry is not deferred. Reuse the existing
retry check and preserve the removal flow.
Assert that refused candidates are reevaluated after the deferral expires.
The expiry block passes if attempt defers permanently. Its only logger.info call comes from marking. A refusal that is still unchanged after the deadline logs nothing, so the assertions never show that rules run again after the deadline. Wrapping _deletion_rules_allow and asserting that it is called covers this path.
Suggested test change
self.worker._mark_for_deletion(self.torrent, "Stalled State", instance_name="one")
- self.worker._process_failed()+ with patch.object(+ self.worker, "_deletion_rules_allow", wraps=self.worker._deletion_rules_allow+ ) as rules:+ self.worker._process_failed()+ rules.assert_called()
self.assertEqual(
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Review comment at @tests/test_hnr_removal_boundary.py around lines 164 - 170:
Update the expiry test around _process_failed to verify that refused candidates
are reevaluated after the deferral deadline: wrap _deletion_rules_allow during
processing and assert it is called. Preserve the existing logger assertion and
other test behavior.
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Review comments at @qBitrr/arss/qbit_side_effects.py:
- Line 391: Prune worker._blocked_removals at the per-scan reset that clears
worker._removal_candidates, removing entries whose keys are absent from the
current candidates. Retain unexpired entries for current candidates so unchanged
refusals remain deduplicated.
- Line 248: Remove seeding_time from the torrent observation fields used by
removal_retry_deferred, so a stalled torrent’s unchanged refusal does not appear
newly observed on each pass. Preserve the remaining observation fields and the
existing five-minute backoff behavior.
- Around line 397-405: Update the lookup-unavailable branch in attempt() to
defer retries for 300 seconds when the owning instance still lists the torrent,
using a deferral key that does not depend on the missing torrent observation.
Preserve the existing refusal behavior when the torrent is not pending or the
owning client is unavailable.
Review comments at @qBitrr/arss/torrent_batch.py:
- Around line 530-540: Add an info-level log at the point in
reconcile_removal_attempts where an absent item confirms an uncertain removal,
identifying the hash and instance. Keep the existing confirmation and Arr
follow-up behavior unchanged.
- Around line 534-538: Update the pending-removal summary around
`_pending_client_removals` so legacy pending work is counted once per hash, even
when the hash was removed through a different instance. Keep candidates, removed
pairs, and pending records in the same counting unit so the `blocked` total
cannot become negative.
---
Minor comments:
Review comments at @qBitrr/arss/qbit_side_effects.py:
- Around line 422-423: Update the refusal-backoff check in
delete_hashes_per_instance so it also applies when no _removal_candidates
snapshot exists, including calls from remove_and_maybe_blocklist. Establish that
the check remains safe without an expected snapshot before changing the gate,
and preserve the existing five-minute delay for deferred retries.
Review comments at @qBitrr/arss/torrent_inspect.py:
- Around line 213-214: Ensure the “Deleting torrent with missing files” log in
_process_single_torrent_missing_files is emitted only when
removal_retry_deferred indicates the retry is not deferred. Reuse the existing
retry check and preserve the removal flow.
---
Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @tests/test_hnr_removal_boundary.py:
- Around line 164-170: Update the expiry test around _process_failed to verify
that refused candidates are reevaluated after the deferral deadline: wrap
_deletion_rules_allow during processing and assert it is called. Preserve the
existing logger assertion and other test behavior.
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- Around line 462-466: Update the candidate-count calculation near
_collect_instance_hash_map_hashes to compare hashes case-insensitively when
subtracting mapped hashes from legacy_hashes. Preserve the per-instance batch
count as-is and count a legacy hash only when its normalized form is absent from
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Summary
Stalled torrents can be marked for deletion every scan while final protections silently refuse removal. Log refusal reasons per torrent and qBittorrent instance, defer unchanged refused candidates for five minutes, and retry immediately when observed identity or activity changes. Keep all removal protections, including
RemoveTorrent = -1.Report candidates, blocked requests, uncertain pending responses, and successful client removals separately. Update user documentation and release notes. Verified that the existing metadata cleanup fix covers both
metaDLandforcedMetaDL, using add time for stalled grace and client-only removal for verified empty magnets.Fixes #639.
Closes #527 (existing metadata fix verified by regression coverage).
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Tracker or policy changes are reconsidered on the next retry, within five minutes. No live-service testing was performed.
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