rtorrent Stuck downloading .meta files for long time on well-seeded torrents

I am trying to download a torrent via magnet link

                                                              *** 4DD8614A266E932F050FF1293B6DE81508B3570F.meta ***
               Name:             4DD8614A266E932F050FF1293B6DE81508B3570F.meta
Peer list      Local id:         -lt0D20-A%F5%A2%AB%CBI%16%CBBm%DC%D1
               Info hash:        4DD8614A266E932F050FF1293B6DE81508B3570F
Info           Created:          31/12/1969 18:00:00

File list      Directory:        /home/james/Torrents
               Base Path:        /home/james/Torrents/4DD8614A266E932F050FF1293B6DE81508B3570F.meta
Tracker list   Tied to file:
               File stats:       single 1 files
Chunks seen
               Chunks:           0 / 1 * 32504 (1)
Transfer list  Priority:         2
               Peer exchange:    enabled active (0/8)
               State changed:     0:10:48

               Memory usage:        394.5 MB
               Max memory usage:   3276.8 MB
               Free diskspace:   395161.8 MB
               Safe diskspace:      906.5 MB

               Connection type:  leech
               Choke heuristic:  upload_leech, download_leech, 0
               Safe sync:        no
               Send buffer:        0.0 KB
               Receive buffer:     0.0 KB
               Throttle:         global

               Upload:             0.0 KB /   0.0 KB
               Download:           0.0 KB /   0.0 KB
               Skipped:            0.0 KB /   0.0 KB
               Preload:          0 / 0 / 0

There are many seeders on this torrent (particularly on the public coppersurfer.tk tracker), however, rTorrent is seemingly unable to download the critical 31.7 K| 4DD8614A266E932F050FF1293B6DE81508B3570F.meta file.

Apr 04 '16 18:04 James-E-A

Similar problem. I have configured rutorrent+rss+listentrackers which downloads magnets from many trackers. However, when download is transfered to rtorrent, it unable to find any seeders or something even if i manually add/change trackers in a trackers list.

Apr 16 '16 22:04 Lichtenshtein

There are many seeders on this torrent (particularly on the public coppersurfer.tk tracker),

I've just tried it (since I'm experimenting with magnet links), and it (4DD8614A266E932F050FF1293B6DE81508B3570F.meta) works for me (using rtorrent-ps 0.9.6):

none of the http trackers provides seeds
udp trackers do:

2: udp://tracker.coppersurfer.tk:6969/announce
      Id:  Counters: 0f / 1s (0)  on S/L/D: 36/10/0 (46/46)
3: udp://tracker.leechers-paradise.org:6969/announce
      Id:  Counters: 0f / 1s (0)  on S/L/D: 27/9/0 (1/36)
4: udp://zer0day.ch:1337/announce
      Id:  Counters: 0f / 1s (0)  on S/L/D: 28/9/0 (3/37)

Are you use that you've enabled UDP tracker support in your config? trackers.use_udp.set = 1

Jul 21 '16 13:07 chros73

If you only allow encrypted connections, the magnet links do not work. It's an issue with the encryption of the magnet link connection headers or something.

Personally I've been annoyed at this bug for a long time, however my priorities are on other stuff atm so this is currently 2nd on my TODO list after IPv6.

Aug 02 '16 12:08 rakshasa

Is this still a thing? Or am I hitting another bug?

Jan 20 '20 11:01 flatline-studios

This happens to me as well. Is there a solution yet? Version 0.9.8/0.13.8

Jan 08 '21 22:01 defaultsecurity

Hitting the same problem on latest release, it is a client problem as switching to another one fixes the issue. udp is enabled, ports are forwarded, encryption is not mandatory, dht / pex are on

Is there any plan for a fix ? Thanks for the nice work anyway