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Claude a3381cba31 Fix qBittorrent service not reloading config after settings change
Root cause: Singleton caching issue
The qBittorrent service uses a singleton pattern with a configLoaded flag.
Once initialized, it NEVER re-reads the database config, even when the
user changes settings via the admin settings page.

Flow showing the bug:
1. Wizard saves download_dir to database ✓
2. First torrent: service reads config, creates singleton, sets configLoaded=true ✓
3. User changes download_dir in settings page ✓ (database updated)
4. Next torrent: getQBittorrentService() returns CACHED singleton ✗
5. Cached singleton has OLD download_dir value in this.defaultSavePath ✗
6. Category check shows "already has correct save path: /old/path" ✗
7. Download goes to wrong location ✗

The singleton check (line 745):
  if (!qbittorrentService || !configLoaded) {
    // Only runs if service doesn't exist or config failed
  }
Once both exist, this block is SKIPPED forever!

Fix:
1. Added invalidateQBittorrentService() function
   - Resets qbittorrentService = null
   - Resets configLoaded = false
   - Forces reload from database on next use

2. Call invalidation from settings APIs:
   - After updating paths (download_dir, media_dir)
   - After updating download client (URL, credentials)

3. Next torrent addition:
   - getQBittorrentService() sees null singleton
   - Re-reads config from database
   - Creates new service with current download_dir
   - Category updated with correct path

Benefits:
- Settings changes take effect immediately
- No app restart needed
- Category save path always matches current config
- Download client credentials always current

Updated documentation to explain singleton invalidation pattern.
2026-01-28 11:41:57 -05:00

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# qBittorrent Integration
**Status:** ✅ Implemented
Free, open-source BitTorrent client with comprehensive Web API.
## Enterprise Torrent Addition
**Challenge:** `/api/v2/torrents/add` returns only "Ok." without torrent hash.
**Solution (Professional):**
**Magnet Links:**
1. Extract `info_hash` from magnet URI (deterministic)
2. Upload via `urls` parameter
3. Return extracted hash immediately
**Torrent Files:**
1. Download .torrent file to memory
2. Parse with `parse-torrent` (bencode decoder)
3. Extract `info_hash` (SHA-1 of info dict)
4. Upload file content via `torrents` parameter (multipart/form-data)
5. Return extracted hash immediately
**Benefits:** Deterministic, no race conditions, works with Docker networking, handles expired URLs
## API Endpoints
**Base:** `http://qbittorrent:8080/api/v2`
**Auth:** Cookie-based (login required)
**POST /auth/login** - Get session cookie
**POST /torrents/add** - Add torrent (supports `urls` and `torrents` params, `savepath` override)
**GET /torrents/info?hashes={hash}** - Get status/progress
**POST /torrents/pause** - Pause torrent
**POST /torrents/resume** - Resume
**POST /torrents/delete** - Delete torrent
**GET /torrents/files** - Get file list
**POST /torrents/createCategory** - Create category with save path
**POST /torrents/editCategory** - Update category save path
**POST /torrents/setCategory** - Set category for torrent
## Config
**Required (database only, no env fallbacks):**
- `download_client_url` - qBittorrent Web UI URL
- `download_client_username` - qBittorrent username
- `download_client_password` - qBittorrent password
- `download_dir` - Download save path (passed to qBittorrent for all torrents)
Validation: All fields checked before service initialization.
**Singleton Invalidation:**
Service uses singleton pattern for performance. When settings change (via admin settings page), singleton is invalidated to force reload:
- `invalidateQBittorrentService()` called after updating paths or download client settings
- Forces service to re-read database config on next torrent addition
- Ensures category save path and credentials are always current
## Category Management
**Category:** `readmeabook` (auto-created for all torrents)
**Save Path Synchronization:**
- Category created/updated on every torrent addition
- Category save path always synced with `download_dir` config
- Handles config changes: if user changes `download_dir`, category updates automatically
- Uses both `createCategory` and `editCategory` APIs for reliability
**Why Both Create and Edit:**
1. Create: Ensures category exists (idempotent, won't fail if exists)
2. Edit: Updates save path to match current config (handles user changing settings)
This prevents issues where category retains old save path after user changes `download_dir` setting.
## Data Models
```typescript
interface TorrentInfo {
hash: string;
name: string;
size: number;
progress: number; // 0.0-1.0
dlspeed: number; // bytes/s
upspeed: number;
eta: number; // seconds
state: TorrentState;
category: string;
savePath: string;
completionDate: number;
}
type TorrentState = 'downloading' | 'uploading' | 'stalledDL' |
'pausedDL' | 'queuedDL' | 'checkingDL' | 'error' | 'missingFiles';
```
## Fixed Issues ✅
**1. Naive torrent identification** - Fixed with deterministic hash extraction
**2. Docker networking issues** - Fixed by downloading .torrent ourselves
**3. Duplicate detection** - Check if hash exists before adding
**4. Config fallbacks to env** - Removed, database only
**5. Unclear error messages** - List missing fields explicitly
**6. Race condition on torrent availability** - Fixed with 3s initial delay + exponential backoff retry (500ms, 1s, 2s)
**7. Error logging during duplicate check** - Removed console.error in getTorrent() during expected "not found" cases (duplicate checking)
**8. Prowlarr magnet link redirects** - Some indexers return HTTP URLs that redirect to magnet: links. Fixed by intercepting 3xx redirects before axios follows them, extracting the Location header, and routing to magnet flow if target is a magnet: link
**9. Category save path not updating** - When user changes `download_dir` setting, category keeps old path. Fixed by:
- Checking existing categories before create/edit (avoid unnecessary 409 errors)
- Invalidating service singleton when settings change (forces config reload)
- Settings API calls `invalidateQBittorrentService()` after updating paths or credentials
## Tech Stack
- axios (HTTP + cookie mgmt)
- parse-torrent (bencode + hash extraction)
- form-data (multipart uploads)
## Related
- See [File Organization](./file-organization.md) for seeding support