I have one private tracker I use with prowlarr/sonarr, but it honestly sucks to share back to. Trying to get into a more healthy swarm so I can get a better ratio. In the meantime, what public indexes are yall having luck with?

The only one I've had luck with for search and grab so far was TorrentGalaxy. Kickass, nyaa, showRSS are fine for rss.

Uindex I had to scrap because it was taking too long.

so, i am currently trying to do an install for sonarr, and is already working(kinda), but i noticed something for anime, specifically for anime that has the bad fortune of getting it's tittle localized or translated, what do i mean?

let's use as an example "Ore wa Seikan Kokka no Akutoku Ryoushu" which is the japanese title(in this side of the world alphabet, i know), but the english name for that one is "I`m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!"

if you go to nyaa and search for the first option you'll get enough ones to make you crazy, if you search for the second one, you get two

i assume this is because sonarr takes it's info from tvdb, and in that one the name is in english, anyway to, i don't know, add a second metadata source like anidb that actually uses the original name?

Like many of you, I got tired of Sonarr occasionally grabbing fake, malicious releases packed with .exe, .scr, or .lnk files instead of actual video files. Cleaning them out manually, removing them from Transmission, and blocklisting them in Sonarr gets old fast.

I didn't want to switch to a different torrent client just for this, so I wrote a Bash script that acts as a Transmission event hook (script-torrent-added and script-torrent-done).

What it does:

1. Checks the Label: It verifies if the added torrent matches your Sonarr label so it doesn't mess with your personal, non-Sonarr downloads.
2. Waits for Metadata: If it’s a magnet link, it safely waits for the file list to populate.
3. Scans for Fakes: It checks the file extensions against a forbidden list (exe|scr|lnk|bat|vbs).
4. Triggers Sonarr API: If a fake is detected, it hits the Sonarr API to fail the download, add it to Sonarr's blocklist (so it searches for a new release), and instructs Sonarr to remove it from the client.
5. Fail-safe Cleanup: If Sonarr doesn't catch it for some reason, the script forces Transmission to remove the torrent and wipe the local data anyway.

The Script

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# sonarr-block-fakes.sh — purge fake releases from Transmission/Sonarr.
# Invoked by Transmission as script-torrent-added / script-torrent-done.

set -euo pipefail

SONARR_URL="http://localhost:8989/" # change it to your sonnar endpoint.
SONARR_API_KEY="" # get it from your sonarr settings.

TRANSMISSION_HOST="127.0.0.1:9091" # change it to your transmission endpoint.
TRANSMISSION_AUTH=""   # e.g. "-n user:pass" if rpc-authentication-required is true

SONARR_LABEL="sonarr-downloads" # the label defined in your sonarr instance for transmission.
FORBIDDEN_EXT="exe|scr|lnk|bat|vbs"

LOG_FILE="${LOG_FILE:-/PATH/TO/LOGS/clean_sonarr_fakes.log}"

mkdir -p "$(dirname "$LOG_FILE")"
log() { printf '%s [%s] %s\n' "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')" "${TR_TORRENT_NAME:-?}" "$*" >> "$LOG_FILE"; }

: "${TR_TORRENT_ID:?TR_TORRENT_ID not set — run me from Transmission}"
: "${TR_TORRENT_HASH:?TR_TORRENT_HASH not set}"
TR_TORRENT_DIR="${TR_TORRENT_DIR:-}"
TR_TORRENT_NAME="${TR_TORRENT_NAME:-id-$TR_TORRENT_ID}"

log "Triggered: id=$TR_TORRENT_ID hash=$TR_TORRENT_HASH dir=$TR_TORRENT_DIR labels=${TR_TORRENT_LABELS:-}"

tr_remote() {
    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
    transmission-remote "$TRANSMISSION_HOST" $TRANSMISSION_AUTH "$@"
}

labels="${TR_TORRENT_LABELS:-}"
if [[ -z "$labels" ]]; then
    labels="$(tr_remote -t "$TR_TORRENT_ID" -i 2>/dev/null | awk -F': ' '/^[[:space:]]*Labels:/ {print $2; exit}')"
fi

label_matched=0
IFS=',' read -ra _labels <<< "$labels"
for l in "${_labels[@]}"; do
    # trim whitespace
    l="${l#"${l%%[![:space:]]*}"}"
    l="${l%"${l##*[![:space:]]}"}"
    if [[ "${l,,}" == "${SONARR_LABEL,,}" ]]; then
        label_matched=1
        break
    fi
done

if (( label_matched == 0 )); then
    echo "Not a Sonarr download, skipping check."
    log "Skip: torrent labels ('$labels') do not include SONARR_LABEL ($SONARR_LABEL)"
    exit 0
fi

# Magnet metadata can take 10-60s to arrive after script-torrent-added.
META_WAIT_TRIES=30
META_WAIT_SLEEP=2
files=""
metadata_ready=0
for _ in $(seq 1 "$META_WAIT_TRIES"); do
    files="$(tr_remote -t "$TR_TORRENT_ID" -f 2>/dev/null || true)"
    if [[ "$(printf '%s\n' "$files" | wc -l)" -gt 2 ]]; then
        metadata_ready=1
        break
    fi
    sleep "$META_WAIT_SLEEP"
done

if [[ -z "$files" ]]; then
    log "ERROR: could not list files via transmission-remote"
    exit 1
fi

if (( metadata_ready == 0 )); then
    log "WARN: file metadata not available after $((META_WAIT_TRIES * META_WAIT_SLEEP))s — script-torrent-done hook will retry on completion"
    exit 0
fi

offending="$(printf '%s\n' "$files" | grep -Ei "\.($FORBIDDEN_EXT)([[:space:]]|$)" || true)"

if [[ -z "$offending" ]]; then
    log "Clean — no forbidden extensions found"
    exit 0
fi

log "FAKE DETECTED. Offending entries:"
log "$offending"

hash_upper="${TR_TORRENT_HASH^^}"
queue_json="$(curl -fsS -m 15 -H "X-Api-Key: $SONARR_API_KEY" "$SONARR_URL/api/v3/queue?pageSize=1000&includeUnknownSeriesItems=true" || true)"

queue_id=""
if [[ -n "$queue_json" ]]; then
    queue_id="$(printf '%s' "$queue_json" | jq -r --arg h "$hash_upper" '.records[]? | select((.downloadId // "" | ascii_upcase) == $h) | .id' | head -n1)"
fi

if [[ -n "$queue_id" ]]; then
    log "Sonarr queue id=$queue_id — failing + blocklisting"
    http_code="$(curl -sS -m 15 -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' -X DELETE -H "X-Api-Key: $SONARR_API_KEY" "$SONARR_URL/api/v3/queue/${queue_id}?removeFromClient=true&blocklist=true&skipRedownload=false" || echo "000")"
    log "Sonarr DELETE /queue/$queue_id -> HTTP $http_code"
else
    log "No matching Sonarr queue entry for hash $hash_upper — purging Transmission only"
fi

if tr_remote -t "$TR_TORRENT_ID" -rad >>"$LOG_FILE" 2>&1; then
    log "Transmission: removed torrent + deleted local data"
else
    log "Transmission: remove returned non-zero (may already be gone via Sonarr)"
fi

exit 0

Setup Notes:

• You'll need jq, curl, and transmission-remote installed on the host running the script.
• Update the configuration variables at the top (SONARR_URL, SONARR_API_KEY, LOG_FILE, etc.).
• Make the script executable (chmod +x) and add the path to your Transmission settings file (settings.json) under script-torrent-added-filename and script-torrent-done-filename. Make sure script-torrent-added-enabled is set to true.

Hope this helps anyone else trying to keep their Transmission setup clean without babysitting the queue. Let me know if you have any questions or improvements.

trying to optimize by sonarr. for a few releases the media im looking for gets released on private trackers hours after the public ones. id prefer to have use privates whenever possible assuming it comes within a few hours.

does anyone know if its possible to delay downloading by public trackers. I looked at delay profiles but cant seem to do it by tracker.

for the time being ive just disabled public trackers.

ok so, first of all, maybe, and by maybe i mean surely a good amount of people are going to get angry just from me asking this question, but just doing stuff blindly because guides say so is one of the easiest way to also brick something, so here it goes

in all the tutorials i have seen so far for sonarr(and radarr subsequently) i always see people mentioning vpn services for it, hence what is probably going to be the most dumbass question, why? what is the purpose of the vpn here? in detail i mean, i know vpn make(at least in theory) it so your traffic on the network gets harder to be traced back to your actual location, but aside from basic common sense, there must be a reason why is it always used right?

I'm currently setting up my media stack using the TRaSH Guides, but I run into an hardlinking issue. Sonarr copies the files instead of hardlinking them.

I have enabled "Use Hardlinks instead of Copy" in Sonarr and tested (inside the sonarr container) that ln works. qBittorrent downloads files to "/data/torrent" and Sonarr has its root folder set to "/data/media/tv".

For testing I'm building the system on my local Win10 machine using docker-compose and I plan to migrate to the real server (once RAM arrives...)

My docker-compose file

    docker-compose.yaml
    ====
    services:
      sonarr:
        container_name: sonarr
        image: ghcr.io/hotio/sonarr
        env_file:
          - services.env
        ports:
          - 8989:8989
        volumes:
          - ./config/sonarr:/config
          - ./data:/data
        networks:
          - media-net
    
      qbittorrent:
        container_name: qbittorrent
        image: ghcr.io/hotio/qbittorrent
        ports:
          - 8080:8080
        env_file:
          - services.env
        environment:
          - WEBUI_PORTS=8080/tcp,8080/udp
          - TORRENTING_PORT=20235
          - LIBTORRENT=v1
          # Enable VPN!!!
          - VPN_ENABLED=true
          - # VPN options here
        volumes:
          - ./config/qBittorrent:/config
          - ./data:/data
        sysctls:
          - net.ipv4.conf.all.src_valid_mark=1
          - net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1
        cap_add:
          - NET_ADMIN
        networks:
          - media-net


    services.env
    ===
    TZ=Europe/Berlin
    PUID=1000
    PGID=1000
    # UMASK=002

I found the following line in my sonarr.debug.log

2026-05-19 21:03:15.3|Debug|DiskTransferService|HardLinkOrCopy \[/data/torrent/sonarr/\[NVN\] Witch Hat Atelier - S01E01 v2 \[WEBRip HEVC 1080p\] \[68E8679A\].mkv\] > \[/data/media/tv/Witch Hat Atelier/Season 1/\[NVN\] Witch Hat Atelier - S01E01 v2 \[WEBRip HEVC 1080p\] \[Sub. Español\].mkv\] 2026-05-19 21:03:15.3|Debug|DiskProvider|Hardlink '/data/torrent/sonarr/\[NVN\] Witch Hat Atelier - S01E01 v2 \[WEBRip HEVC 1080p\] \[68E8679A\].mkv' to '/data/media/tv/Witch Hat Atelier/Season 1/\[NVN\] Witch Hat Atelier - S01E01 v2 \[WEBRip HEVC 1080p\] \[Sub. Español\].mkv' failed.

\[v4.0.17.2952\] System.InvalidOperationException: Operation not permitted ---> Mono.Unix.UnixIOException: Operation not permitted \[EPERM\]. --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Mono.Unix.UnixMarshal.ThrowExceptionForLastError() at Mono.Unix.UnixMarshal.ThrowExceptionForLastErrorIf(Int32 retval) at Mono.Unix.UnixFileSystemInfo.CreateLink(String path) at NzbDrone.Mono.Disk.DiskProvider.TryCreateHardLink(String source, String destination) in ./Sonarr.Mono/Disk/DiskProvider.cs:line 444

The log seems to indicate that there's a permission error, but I'm not sure where I should change them. If the entire log is needed, I can provide it.

Thanks in advance.

Hi folks,

I've just rebuilt my arr libraries but I've ran into an issue with the search function. I think this is limited to the auto search. It seems to aggressively Blocklist a lot of results and I'm not sure how to fix it. It will end up either with missing episodes or a lower quality one than what is available. For example, there may be 9 of the following available from 3 different indexers, all with different ages:

52 days TVshow.1080p.TrueHD.5.1.AVC.REMUX-FraMeSToR

148 days TVshow.1080p.TrueHD.5.1.AVC.REMUX-FraMeSToR

656 days TVshow.1080p.TrueHD.5.1.AVC.REMUX-FraMeSToR

Sonarr will blocklist all of them and either fail to find an alternative or just grab a lower quality version. The auto search can also be incredibly slow, even when it is importing content (the download icon turns purple). The strange thing is, if I manually grab the blocklisted release, it nearly always works fine and inputs within a few seconds. Do I need to set a delay of sorts for the auto search to function better or how can I improve it? I don't think it is related to the release name as one would suspect (block one, block them all) but I cannot be sure. It also seems after a while that Sonarr fails to communicate with download client and I have to restart Sonarr for it to work again but this is much less common than the search blocklist issue.

I use exclusively NZB Indexers and they are all unlimited APIs. The indexers connect to Prowlarr. I also use symlinks and NzbDAV. Apologies if I've missed a load of info but please let me know if there's anything more I should add. I really appreciate any help. Thank you!

Hello Everybody,

I am consistently hit with auto import fails and manual imports work 50% of the time. Is there something wrong?

Example:

“One or more episodes expected in this release were not imported or missing from the release
Euphoria US S03E06 Stand Still and See 1080p AMZN WEB-DL DDP5 1 Atmos-
FLUX.mkv
• Failed to import episode”

I'm new to Sonarr and can't find a way to fetch single episodes from a series where the length of an episode is only 11 minutes. I try to control it with a size restriction, but it rarely gives the right result.

Is there a way to control the length of episodes?

Hey everyone,

I'm running Sonarr (v4) on Windows. I recently configured Quality Upgrades in my profiles, and it's working—Sonarr is actively grabbing better releases. However, during the upgrade process, it's downloading a mix of full Season Packs and individual episodes.

I want to make sure my hard drive doesn't get cluttered up with duplicate or junk data.

The Media Library: When Sonarr imports a new, higher-quality version of a season pack or single episode, will it automatically delete the older, lower-quality files from my media library folder, or do I need to clean those out manually?

The Download Client Folder: If Sonarr pulls a massive season pack just to upgrade a few episodes, what happens to the rest of the unwanted files sitting in my torrent client's download folder? Will Sonarr eventually wipe the torrent data, or am I going to have to manually delete these tasks?

If any of this requires manual cleanup, is there a recommended way to fully automate it so Sonarr cleans up after itself once the upgrades are imported?

Appreciate the help!

Hi,

So i have a standalone instance of Sonarr just for anime, and ir works to some extend. However more often than not, it fails at getting the dubbed versions.

My goal is to get the subbed or japanese version as soon as it is available, but when the english version is available, it should be downloaded, while keeping the original audio track, unless the new one is multi audio.

I am using Profilarr and also have Tdarr running, but that is mostly used for movies where i strip out additional languages and subs and such.

Hey team,

I’ve got a couple of seasons of the US Show ‘Euphoria’ but for some reason my Sonarr instance seems to be picking only the first season up as this specific anime by the same name.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9252470/

I can’t seem to find a way to fix the match or change it in any way. Is this something anyone else has encountered?
I have a fair bit of anime in the library (not this specific one) also, so assuming it’s picking up some kind of trend however it’s very annoying.

The correct match for seasons of US Euphoria are still showing up in my Plex server fine, I’m just unable to manage them using Sonarr while this is an issue.

Help! 😵‍💫

Ok small caveat I’m using Whisparr which is a fork of Sonarr and support is minimal thus I’m here. I’m using Unraid and while it is downloading and even moving it to the completed folder. It’s not getting sorted and moved to the separate correct series folder. I’ve setup up Sonarr and Radar separately without issues.

Also of note when I create the series I choose the folder to properly store that series in. However if the folder isn’t already existing it despite as expected it will not create the folder.

I ran into a similar issue once and by changing folders saving and then pointing back to correct folder it fixed, but alas no such luck.

What am I doing wrong how can I fix this..??

EDIT: I need to correct above it will in fact create the folders. It just simply will not move the files, into the series folders.

Hi!
I was often looking for Ben the Men UHD releases based on previous info of the group being at the top with groups like Wildcats, Cinephiles, etc. but just read today about Trash Guide and and found it listed as LQ so I am confused...which one is it? 😃

Hi all, I apologise in advance for the repeated question, but I’m in a bit of a bind. I’m mounting my media (stored in Filen), through rclone, and using Radarr in docker.

My folder permissions originally are 775, and I can access everything okay, but when I run a scan on either Radarr or Sonarr it all changes.

ls -la /mnt/media
total 20
drwxrwxr-x 2 teddy teddy 4096 May 15 16:54 audiobooks
drwxrwxr-x 2 teddy teddy 4096 May 15 17:28 books
drwxr-xr-x 1 teddy teddy    0 May 16 10:30 comics
d????????? ? ?     ?        ?            ? movies
drwxrwxr-x 2 teddy teddy 4096 May 15 18:07 music
drwxr-xr-x 1 teddy teddy    0 May 16 10:56 tv

Listing my docker-compose container & rclone systemd config in case it helps.

Docker-compose:

services:
  radarr:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/radarr:latest
    container_name: radarr
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/lisbon
    volumes:
      - /home/teddy/.config/arr-suite/radarr:/config
      - /mnt/media/movies:/movies #optional
      - /home/teddy/downloads/media:/downloads #optional
    ports:
      - 7878:7878
    restart: unless-stopped

Rclone Unit:

[Unit]
Description=media service
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target
AssertPathIsDirectory=/mnt/media/movies
Before=docker.service

[Service]
Type=notify
Environment=RCLONE_CONFIG=/home/teddy/.config/rclone/rclone.conf
RestartSec=10
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rclone mount movies: /mnt/media/movies \
   --allow-other \
   --dir-perms 0775
   --allow-non-empty
   --dir-cache-time 5000h \
   --syslog \
   --poll-interval 10s \
   --umask 002 \
   --user-agent Filen \
   --vfs-cache-mode writes \
   --volname movies \
   --vfs-cache-max-size 60G \
   --vfs-read-chunk-size 128M \
   --vfs-read-ahead 2G \
   --vfs-cache-max-age 5000h \
   --bwlimit-file 100M

ExecStop=/bin/fusermount -uz /mnt/media/movies
Restart=on-failure
User=teddy
Group=teddy

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

I also enabled folder permissions on radarr itself, but it hasn’t helped either. I would appreciate any help. TIA :)

EDIT: This is what shows in the logs during the scan.

2026-05-16 12:11:17.2|Error|ImportDecisionMaker|Couldn't import file. /movies/The Hunger Games (2012)/The Hunger Games (2012).mp4

[v6.1.1.10360] System.IO.FileNotFoundException: File doesn't exist: /movies/The Hunger Games (2012)/The Hunger Games (2012).mp4

Help Long story short, I started using sonarr last weekend along with radarr and a few other apps to build out my media library. Last night sonarr stopped working and this morning when I checked, it looked like port 8989 is being used by another docker app. Any help in determining how to see what else is using the port and how to fix the situation would be greatly appreciated.

for Usenet only users...are you hiding your radarr > indexer > downloader > to media server traffic?

If so, what have you found that works well?