Torrent stalled when added > removed > added again

[pldubouilh]

Webtorrent fails at starting torrents that were previously added and then removed.

I observe that behaviour both in the desktop app and the web-ui for webtorrent I'm writing (here), hence me writing here directly in webtorrent/webtorrent.

What version of WebTorrent?
0.98.19

What operating system and Node.js version?
Archlinux latest kernel, node v8.1.3

What did you expect to happen?
Torrents to start.

What actually happened?

• Add torrent with magnet link on webtorrent-desktop
• Wait for it to download (download kicks off instantly on very active torrents)
• Remove torrent (no matter if it's data or from list)
• Add magnet link again

... and that's where it's stuck, at Loading torrent.... After leaving it for ~15 minutes it's starting and switching between halted and very low speed (100s of KB/s where the normal speed is close to 10MB/s)

I noticed pausing and restarting sometimes makes it restart at normal speed on webtorrent-desktop.
On the web-ui, the only reliable way I could find was to destroy the client, and restart all the torrents, but that seems a bit drastic !

Thanks !

[Fabiencdp]

I noticed the same issue when using infohash,
client.add(infoHash)
But it work as excepted when using magnet link or http link.
When using infoHash, then deleting torrent, then reusing the same infoHash, the "on('metadata')" event is not triggered.

@pldubouilh, Did you find a better solution ?

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