qBittorrent doesn't see all peers

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SlimShaggy

qBittorrent doesn't see all peers

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The torrent list shows only 2 peers for a torrent that has a tracker with 8 (see screenshot). Why does this happen?
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Tracker sees 8 peers.
But the peers might not have any free upload slots left for example. They are just reporting to the tracker, that they have the file and they are "waiting". But it does not mean they are ready to seed OR they are connectable OR you are connectable, etc. There is a lot involved in peer-to-peer file sharing.
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This is similar to my question: viewtopic.php?t=10618
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Peter wrote: Fri Feb 10, 2023 10:40 am Tracker sees 8 peers.
But the peers might not have any free upload slots left for example. They are just reporting to the tracker, that they have the file and they are "waiting". But it does not mean they are ready to seed OR they are connectable OR you are connectable, etc. There is a lot involved in peer-to-peer file sharing.
I thought the numbers on the main screen are
connected_peers (total_peers)
And total_peers must be at least 8 if there's a tracker with 8 peers. Otherwise, what's the meaning of the number in parentheses?
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SlimShaggy wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 7:37 pm
Peter wrote: Fri Feb 10, 2023 10:40 am Tracker sees 8 peers.
But the peers might not have any free upload slots left for example. They are just reporting to the tracker, that they have the file and they are "waiting". But it does not mean they are ready to seed OR they are connectable OR you are connectable, etc. There is a lot involved in peer-to-peer file sharing.
I thought the numbers on the main screen are
connected_peers (total_peers)
And total_peers must be at least 8 if there's a tracker with 8 peers. Otherwise, what's the meaning of the number in parentheses?

https://www.libtorrent.org/reference-To ... ent_status

Look for "num_peers" and "num_seeds".
(The number is obtained from the libtorrent library, it is not handled by qbittorrent so to say.)
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