Decluttarr

Table of contents

• Overview
• Dependencies & Hints & FAQ
• Getting started
• Explanation of the settings
• Credits
• Disclaimer

Overview

Decluttarr keeps the radarr & sonarr & lidarr & readarr queue free of stalled / redundant downloads

Feature overview:

• Automatically delete downloads that are stuck downloading metadata (& trigger download from another source)
• Automatically delete failed downloads (& trigger download from another source)
• Automatically delete downloads belonging to radarr/sonarr/etc. items that have been deleted in the meantime ('Orphan downloads')
• Automatically delete stalled downloads, after they have been found to be stalled multiple times in a row (& trigger download from another source)
• Automatically delete slow downloads, after they have been found to be slow multiple times in a row (& trigger download from another source)
• Automatically delete downloads belonging to radarr/sonarr/etc. items that are unmonitored
• Automatically delete downloads that failed importing since they are not a format upgrade (i.e. a better version is already present)

You may run this locally by launching main.py, or by pulling the docker image. You can find a sample docker-compose.yml in the docker folder.

Dependencies & Hints & FAQ

• Use Sonarr v4 & Radarr v5 (currently 'nightly' tag instead of 'latest'), else certain features may not work correctly
• qBittorrent is recommended but not required. If you don't use qBittorrent, you will experience the following limitations:
  • When detecting slow downloads, the speeds provided by the *arr apps will be used, which is less accurate than what qBittorrent returns when queried directly
  • The feature that allows to protect downloads from removal (NO_STALLED_REMOVAL_QBIT_TAG) does not work
  • The feature that ignores private trackers does not work
• If you see strange errors such as "found 10 / 3 times", consider turning on the setting "Reject Blocklisted Torrent Hashes While Grabbing" on indexer-level (available in the nightly versions of the *arr apps)
• When broken torrents are removed the files belonging to them are deleted
• Across all removal types: A new download from another source is automatically added by radarr/sonarr/lidarr/readarr (if available)
• If you use qBittorrent and none of your torrents get removed and the verbose logs tell that all torrents are protected by the NO_STALLED_REMOVAL_QBIT_TAG even if they are not, you may be using a qBittorrent version that has problems with API calls and you may want to consider switching to a different qBit image (see #56)
• Currently, “*Arr” apps are only supported in English. Refer to issue #92 for more details.

Getting started

There's two ways to run this:

• As a docker container with docker-compose
• By cloning the repository and running the script manually

Both ways are explained below and there's an explanation for the different settings below that

Method 1: Docker

1. Make a docker-compose.yml file
2. Use the following as a base for that and tweak the settings to your needs

version: "3.3"
services:
  decluttarr:
    image: ghcr.io/manimatter/decluttarr:latest
    container_name: decluttarr
    restart: always
    environment:
      - TZ=Europe/Zurich
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      ## General
      - LOG_LEVEL=INFO
      #- TEST_RUN=True
      #- SSL_VERIFICATION=False
      ## Features 
      - REMOVE_TIMER=10
      - REMOVE_FAILED=True
      - REMOVE_METADATA_MISSING=True
      - REMOVE_MISSING_FILES=True     
      - REMOVE_NO_FORMAT_UPGRADE=True
      - REMOVE_ORPHANS=True
      - REMOVE_SLOW=True
      - REMOVE_STALLED=True
      - REMOVE_UNMONITORED=True
      - MIN_DOWNLOAD_SPEED=100
      - PERMITTED_ATTEMPTS=3
      - NO_STALLED_REMOVAL_QBIT_TAG=Don't Kill
      - IGNORE_PRIVATE_TRACKERS=True
      ## Radarr
      - RADARR_URL=http://radarr:7878
      - RADARR_KEY=$RADARR_API_KEY
      ## Sonarr
      - SONARR_URL=http://sonarr:8989
      - SONARR_KEY=$SONARR_API_KEY
      ## Lidarr
      - LIDARR_URL=http://lidarr:8686
      - LIDARR_KEY=$LIDARR_API_KEY
      ## Readarr
      - READARR_URL=http://readarr:8787
      - READARR_KEY=$READARR_API_KEY
      ## qBittorrent
      - QBITTORRENT_URL=http://qbittorrent:8080
      #- QBITTORRENT_USERNAME=Your name
      #- QBITTORRENT_PASSWORD=Your password

3. Run docker-compose up -d in the directory where the file is located to create the docker container Note: Always pull the "latest" version. The "dev" version is for testing only, and should only be pulled when contributing code or supporting with bug fixes

Method 2: Running manually

1. Clone the repository with git clone https://github.com/ManiMatter/decluttarr.git
2. Rename the config.conf-Example inside the config folder to config.conf
3. Tweak config.conf to your needs
4. Install the libraries listed in the docker/requirements.txt (pip install -r requirements.txt)
5. Run the script with python3 main.py Note: The config.conf is disregarded when running via docker-compose.yml

Explanation of the settings

General settings

Configures the general behavior of the application (across all features)

LOG_LEVEL

• Sets the level at which logging will take place
• INFO will only show changes applied to radarr/sonarr/lidarr/readarr
• VERBOSE shows each check being performed even if no change is applied
• DEBUG shows very granular information, only required for debugging
• Type: String
• Permissible Values: CRITICAL, ERROR, WARNING, INFO, VERBOSE, DEBUG
• Is Mandatory: No (Defaults to INFO)

TEST_RUN

• Allows you to safely try out this tool. If active, downloads will not be removed
• Type: Boolean
• Permissible Values: True, False
• Is Mandatory: No (Defaults to False)

SSL_VERIFICATION

• Turns SSL certificate verification on or off for all API calls
• True means that the SSL certificate verification is on
• Warning: It's important to note that disabling SSL verification can have security implications, as it makes the system vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. It should only be done in a controlled and secure environment where the risks are well understood and mitigated
• Type: Boolean
• Permissible Values: True, False
• Is Mandatory: No (Defaults to True)

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Features settings

Steers which type of cleaning is applied to the downloads queue

REMOVE_TIMER

• Sets the frequency of how often the queue is checked for orphan and stalled downloads
• Type: Integer
• Unit: Minutes
• Is Mandatory: No (Defaults to 10)

REMOVE_FAILED

• Steers whether failed downloads with no connections are removed from the queue
• These downloads are not added to the blocklist - A new download from another source is automatically added by radarr/sonarr/lidarr/readarr (if available)
• Type: Boolean
• Permissible Values: True, False
• Is Mandatory: No (Defaults to False)

REMOVE_METADATA_MISSING

• Steers whether downloads stuck obtaining metadata are removed from the queue
• These downloads are added to the blocklist, so that they are not re-requested
• A new download from another source is automatically added by radarr/sonarr/lidarr/readarr (if available)
• Type: Boolean
• Permissible Values: True, False
• Is Mandatory: No (Defaults to False)

REMOVE_MISSING_FILES

• Steers whether downloads that have the warning "Files Missing" are removed from the queue
• These downloads are not added to the blocklist
• Type: Boolean
• Permissible Values: True, False
• Is Mandatory: No (Defaults to False)

REMOVE_NO_FORMAT_UPGRADE

• Steers whether downloads that failed importing since they are not a format upgrade are removed from the queue
• This occurs when a better version is already present
• These downloads are added to the blocklist
• If the setting IGNORE_PRIVATE_TRACKERS is true, and the affected torrent is a private tracker, the queue item will still be removed, but the torrent files will be kept
• Type: Boolean
• Permissible Values: True, False
• Is Mandatory: No (Defaults to False)

REMOVE_ORPHANS

• Steers whether orphan downloads are removed from the queue
• Orphan downloads are those that do not belong to any requested media anymore (Since the media was removed from radarr/sonarr/lidarr/readarr after the download started)
• These downloads are not added to the blocklist
• Type: Boolean
• Permissible Values: True, False
• Is Mandatory: No (Defaults to False)

REMOVE_SLOW

• Steers whether slow downloads are removed from the queue
• Slow downloads are added to the blocklist, so that they are not re-requested in the future
• Type: Boolean
• Permissible Values: True, False
• Is Mandatory: No (Defaults to False)

REMOVE_STALLED

• Steers whether stalled downloads with no connections are removed from the queue
• These downloads are added to the blocklist, so that they are not re-requested in the future
• Type: Boolean
• Permissible Values: True, False
• Is Mandatory: No (Defaults to False)

REMOVE_UNMONITORED

• Steers whether downloads belonging to unmonitored media are removed from the queue
• Note: Will only remove from queue if all TV shows depending on the same download are unmonitored
• These downloads are not added to the blocklist
• Note: Since sonarr does not support multi-season packs, if you download one you should protect it with NO_STALLED_REMOVAL_QBIT_TAG that is explained further down
• Type: Boolean
• Permissible Values: True, False
• Is Mandatory: No (Defaults to False)

MIN_DOWNLOAD_SPEED

• Sets the minimum download speed for active downloads
• If the increase in the downloaded file size of a download is less than this value between two consecutive checks, the download is considered slow and is removed if happening more ofthen than the permitted attempts
• Type: Integer
• Unit: KBytes per second
• Is Mandatory: No (Defaults to 100, but is only enforced when "REMOVE_SLOW" is true)

PERMITTED_ATTEMPTS

• Defines how many times a download has to be caught as stalled, slow or stuck downloading metadata before it is removed
• Type: Integer
• Unit: Number of scans
• Is Mandatory: No (Defaults to 3)

NO_STALLED_REMOVAL_QBIT_TAG

• Downloads in qBittorrent tagged with this tag will not be removed
• Feature is not available when not using qBittorrent as torrent manager
• Applies to all types of removal (ie. nothing will be removed automatically by decluttarr)
• Note: You may want to try "force recheck" to get your stuck torrents manually back up and running
• Tag is automatically created in qBittorrent (required qBittorrent is reachable on QBITTORRENT_URL)
• Important: Also protects unmonitored downloads from being removed (relevant for multi-season packs)
• Type: String
• Is Mandatory: No (Defaults to Don't Kill)

IGNORE_PRIVATE_TRACKERS

• Private torrents in qBittorrent will not be removed from the queue if this is set to true
• Only works if qBittorrent is used (does not work with transmission etc.)
• Applies to all types of removal (ie. nothing will be removed automatically by decluttarr); only exception to this is REMOVE_NO_FORMAT_UPGRADE, where for private trackers the queue item is removed (but the torrent files are kept)
• Note: You may want to try "force recheck" to get your stuck torrents manually back up and running
• Type: Boolean
• Permissible Values: True, False
• Is Mandatory: No (Defaults to True)

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Radarr section

Defines radarr instance on which download queue should be decluttered

RADARR_URL

• URL under which the instance can be reached
• If not defined, this instance will not be monitored

RADARR_KEY

• Your API key for radarr

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Sonarr section

Defines sonarr instance on which download queue should be decluttered

SONARR_URL

• URL under which the instance can be reached
• If not defined, this instance will not be monitored

SONARR_KEY

• Your API key for sonarr

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Lidarr section

Defines lidarr instance on which download queue should be decluttered

LIDARR_URL

• URL under which the instance can be reached
• If not defined, this instance will not be monitored

LIDARR_KEY

• Your API key for lidarr

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Readarr section

Defines readarr instance on which download queue should be decluttered

READARR_URL

• URL under which the instance can be reached
• If not defined, this instance will not be monitored

READARR_KEY

• Your API key for readarr

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qBittorrent section

Defines settings to connect with qBittorrent If a different torrent manager is used, comment out this section (see above the limitations in functionality that arises from this)

QBITTORRENT_URL

• URL under which the instance can be reached
• If not defined, the NO_STALLED_REMOVAL_QBIT_TAG takes no effect

QBITTORRENT_USERNAME

• Username used to log in to qBittorrent
• Optional; not needed if authentication bypassing on qBittorrent is enabled (for instance for local connections)

QBITTORRENT_PASSWORD

• Password used to log in to qBittorrent
• Optional; not needed if authentication bypassing on qBittorrent is enabled (for instance for local connections)

Credits

• Script for detecting stalled downloads expanded on code by MattDGTL/sonarr-radarr-queue-cleaner
• Script to read out config expanded on code by syncarr/syncarr
• SONARR/RADARR team & contributors for their great product, API documenation, and guidance in their Discord channel
• Particular thanks to them for adding an additional flag to their API that allowed this script detect downloads stuck finding metadata
• craggles17 for arm compatibility
• Fxsch for improved documentation / ReadMe

Disclaimer

This script comes free of any warranty, and you are using it at your own risk