(beta 463) downloading bug.

[boo]

I tried to download a small torrent which had only 1 pear and the peer only had 2.1% of the file.

I downloaded those 2.1%, stopped the torrent and started it again,

once again I downloaded from this peer that only had 2.1% of the file and

suddenly I had 4.4% of the file. Again I stopped the torrent and started it again,

I downloaded again from the same peer and then I had 6.6% of the file.

I tried the same thing a couple of times more so that I got 11% and this same peer still only had 2.1%.

Seems like µTorrent redownloaded the data from this peer every time and

increased the percentage in the progress bar each time.

Has anyone else experience this?

[Ultima]

Uh, maybe the peer's super-seeding. Or has peer.lazy_bitfield enabled. Or something.

[boo]

He wasn't a seeder and he only had 2.1% of the file.

peer.lazy_bitfield could explain that extra data got downloaded the first time,

but not that µTorrent redownloaded the data over and over again and

added the downloaded data to the finished percentage in the progress bar.

btw, the peer used µTorrent 1.5 Stable.

[atm999]

Check if they were the same pieces every time. If they weren't, he's using a lazy bitfield.

[Ultima]

Yep, and that's exactly what I'm saying. Just because all you see is 2.1% doesn't mean that's all the peer has.

[Firon]

It looks like he's super-seeding.

[Stone]

He wasn't a seeder and he only had 2.1% of the file.

When peer is superseeding he doesn't claim to have all pieces so µTorrent see only what peer shows to you.

BTW restarting the torrent is not needed.