Downloads don't complete and PAR2 hangs

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trust_cdp
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Downloads don't complete and PAR2 hangs

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Hello,

I am running sabnzbd version 0.7.20 on a QNAP TS-651 NAS. I have had the system for about 4 months. This is actually a replacement because the first got lost in the mail on the way home from overseas. But anyways. I had it up and running with no issues for the first month or two. Now quite often some downloads will quit at 90-99% completion.

I have read a few posts about this happening in the past, but never found a solution.
The most common thing that is asked is in config>switches: Maximum retries is at 4 and Only for optional servers is unchecked.

I have 4 different servers.

Is there an option to not check for updates. I feel that the previous version did not have this issue.

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Re: Downloads don't complete and PAR2 hangs

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Does SABnzbd report missing articles in its download report?
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Re: Downloads don't complete and PAR2 hangs

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Not sure what report. There is nothing in the log about missing articles. If I click the download I am just told the individual files and how much is missing from each.

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Re: Downloads don't complete and PAR2 hangs

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If you move the mouse cursor over the job title in the queue, it will show you how many articles are missing so far.
Is one of the servers off-line or otherwise unreliable?
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Re: Downloads don't complete and PAR2 hangs

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The one I posted the screenshot of said missing 4 articles. The other 2 I have waiting right now just say waiting.

One server is free so it is about useless, but the others work well.
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Re: Downloads don't complete and PAR2 hangs

Post by shypike »

"Dad" servers can have a detrimental effects like this.
Retries and long timeouts for a lot of articles can cause huge delays.
That's why we introduced the "optional" setting for such servers.
When a server causes problems for some time, it gets locked out for 10 minutes
so that downloading can continue.
Try making the "free" server optional or disable it altogether.

BTW: that can still mean that there's some bug in SABnzbd that causes
stalling in some situations.
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