transmission/transmission

All trackers get connection failed

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#3,285 opened on Jun 13, 2022

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Description

Opening a magnet link in Transmission very often leads to no peers being obtained, because none of the trackers can be connected to:

On the same machine, same network, opening the same magnet link with another client will show most of the trackers are actually online and working:

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Research direction
Investigate the tracker connection logic in the codebase, focusing on how Transmission resolves and connects to trackers. Compare with other clients to identify protocol handling differences.
Tech stack
ccpp
Domain
backendnetworking
Issue type
Bug
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3
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3-5 days
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
C++networking
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55