Download Station redownloads completed torrents

English QNAP App
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Hello,

DS version 5.10.0.305 (20250916).

Since some time (half a year maybe?) DS started to re-download most of torrent files.

The scenario is like:

  • a file is downloaded
  • then the file is seeded as per settings
  • then the file is moved to Completed
  • at next restart (my QNAP runs during “business hours”, so restarts daily), the torrent is downloaded anew from 0%
  • after download is completed, it is moved to the right place, in “competed” folder, replacing already existing file

I use DS as a “standard” user (not admin permissions). I think not all torrents have this problem, but a lot (50%). I don’t know if after second download the cycle repeats.

Is there any way to avoid this behaviour?

2

I switched to QTransmission years ago. There are other more robust options out there.

3

I have not seen this behavior in DS myself. I wonder if somehow it’s not being shown as completed? Maybe you can delete the item from the task list without deleting the files:

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Select remove - not Remove and Delete Data as that will remove your files!

Then w/o the items in your task list, you should certainly not download them again…

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The problematic torrents definitely go to Completed status. Yes, the Remove option works as intended here. Now it’s come to my mind that the problem might appear only in cases when seeding is completed uninterrupted (as opposed to stopping a torrent which is being seeded). I’ll try to find out.