Trying to setup for constant seeding until I have no hardlinks.

[luckycold]

I have a setup that works okay but isn't preferable for trackers I want to seed indefinitely for when it comes to content I keep on my server.
Here are the conditions I'm trying to meet:

1. Seed for as long as I have hard-links as a minimum.
2. If there is no hard-links, then check if I need to meet a minimum seed time for a tracker.
3. If there is no hard-links and minimum seed time is met then delete the torrent.

My current (less then ideal) config:

qbt:
  # qBittorrent parameters
  host: REDACTED
  user: REDACTED
  pass: REDACTED

settings:
  force_auto_tmm: true  # Will force qBittorrent to enable Automatic Torrent Management for each torrent.
  tracker_error_tag: issue  # Will set the tag of any torrents that do not have a working tracker.
  nohardlinks_tag: noHL # Will set the tag of any torrents with no hardlinks.
  ignoreTags_OnUpdate: # When running tag-update function, it will update torrent tags for a given torrent even if the torrent has at least one or more of the tags defined here. Otherwise torrents will not be tagged if tags exist.
  - noHL
  - issue
  share_limits_tag: ~share_limit
  share_limits_min_seeding_time_tag: MinSeedTimeNotReached
  share_limits_min_num_seeds_tag: MinSeedsNotMet
  share_limits_last_active_tag: LastActiveLimitNotReached
  force_retag_all: false
  cross_seed_tag: cross-seed
  cat_filter_completed: true
  share_limits_filter_completed: true
  tag_nohardlinks_filter_completed: true
directory:
  root_dir: /data/downloads/torrents
  remote_dir: /data/downloads/torrents
  cross_seed: /data/downloads/torrents/cross-seed-data
  recycle_bin: /data/downloads/torrents/.RecycleBin
  torrents_dir:
  orphaned_dir: /data/downloads/torrents/orphaned_data
cat:
  # Category & Path Parameters
  # <Category Name> : <save_path>  # Path of your save directory.
  radarr: /data/downloads/torrents/radarr
  sonarr: /data/downloads/torrents/sonarr
  lidarr: /data/downloads/torrents/lidarr
  readarr: /data/downloads/torrents/readarr
  prowlarr: /data/downloads/torrents/prowlarr
  cross-seed-data: /data/downloads/torrents/cross-seed-data
  torrents: /data/downloads/torrents
tracker:
  ssl.empirehost:
    tag:
    - iptorrents
    - private
  myanonamouse:
    tag:
    - myanonamouse
    - private
  home.opsfet:
    tag:
    - orpheus
    - private
  migoto.sugoimusic:
    tag:
    - sugoimusic
    - private
  nebulance.io:
    tag:
    - nebulance
    - private
  nyaa.tracker.wf:
    tag: nyaa
  tracker.pixelcove.me:
    tag:
    - pixelcove
    - private
  thegeeks.click:
    tag:
    - thegeeks
    - private
  open.nyaatorrents.info:
    tag: nyaa
  anidex.moe:
    tag: anidex
  tracker.anirena.com:
    tag: anirena
  tracker.revolutiontt.me:
    tag:
    - revolutiontt
    - private

  tracker.openbittorrent.com:
    tag: tracker.openbittorrent.com
  tracker.tfile.co:
    tag: tracker.tfile.co
  bigfoot1942.sektori.org:
    tag: bigfoot1942.sektori.org
  open.stealth.si:
    tag: open.stealth.si
  bt1.archive.org:
    tag: bt1.archive.org
  bt.ocremix.org:
    tag: bt.ocremix.org
  tracker.anthelion.me:
    tag:
    - anthelion
    - private
  blutopia.cc:
    tag:
    - blutopia
    - private
  onlyencodes.cc:
    tag:
    - onlyencodes
    - private
  torrent.ubuntu.com:
    tag: torrent.ubuntu.com
  tracker.foreverpirates.co:
    tag: tracker.foreverpirates.co
  trk.publictracker.xyz:
    tag: trk.publictracker.xyz
  tracker.nanoha.org:
    tag: tracker.nanoha.org
  tracker.nwps.ws:
    tag: tracker.nwps.ws
  tracker.winglai.com:
    tag: tracker.winglai.com
  fr33dom.h33t.com:
    tag: fr33dom.h33t.com
  torrent.gresille.org:
    tag: torrent.gresille.org
  tracker.trackerfix.com:
    tag: tracker.trackerfix.com
  tracker.windsormetalbattery.com:
    tag: tracker.windsormetalbattery.com
  torrent-tracker.ru:
    tag: torrent-tracker.ru
  tracker.best-torrents.net:
    tag: tracker.best-torrents.net
  announce.torrentsmd.com:
    tag: announce.torrentsmd.com
  tracker.thepiratebay.org:
    tag: tracker.thepiratebay.org
  tracker.istole.it:
    tag: tracker.istole.it
  tracker.publicbt.com:
    tag: tracker.publicbt.com
  exodus.1337x.org:
    tag: exodus.1337x.org
  genesis.1337x.org:
    tag: genesis.1337x.org
  tracker.ilibr.org:
    tag: tracker.ilibr.org
  tracker.csze.com:
    tag: tracker.csze.com
  10.rarbg.com:
    tag: 10.rarbg.com
  pow7.com:
    tag: pow7.com
  exodus.desync.com:
    tag: exodus.desync.com
  routing.bgp.technology:
    tag: routing.bgp.technology
  localhost.stackoverflow.tech:
    tag: localhost.stackoverflow.tech
  tracker.opentrackr.org:
    tag: tracker.opentrackr.org
  opentracker.i2p.rocks:
    tag: opentracker.i2p.rocks
nohardlinks:
- sonarr
- radarr
- cross-seed-data

share_limits:
  default:
    priority: 999
    exclude_any_tags:
    - private
    - cross-seed
    - keep
    cleanup: false
  noHL:
    priority: 998
    categories:
    - sonarr
    - radarr
    - cross-seed-data
    include_any_tags:
    - noHL
    exclude_any_tags:
    - private
    - keep
    - games
    cleanup: true
    max_seeding_time: 10
  1DayMin:
    priority: 1
    categories:
    - sonarr
    - radarr
    include_any_tags:
    - thegeeks
    include_all_tags:
    - private
    - noHL
    exclude_any_tags:
    - keep
    - games
    max_seeding_time: 1500
    add_group_to_tag: true
    cleanup: true
  3DaysMin:
    priority: 2
    categories:
    - sonarr
    - radarr
    include_any_tags:
    - myanonamouse
    include_all_tags:
    - private
    - noHL
    exclude_any_tags:
    - keep
    - games
    max_seeding_time: 4400
    add_group_to_tag: true
    cleanup: true
  5DaysMin:
    priority: 3
    categories:
    - sonarr
    - radarr
    include_any_tags:
    - nebulance
    - onlyencodes
    include_all_tags:
    - private
    - noHL
    exclude_any_tags:
    - keep
    - games
    max_seeding_time: 7300
    add_group_to_tag: true
    cleanup: true
  2WeeksMin:
    priority: 4
    categories:
    - sonarr
    - radarr
    include_any_tags:
    - iptorrents
    - blutopia
    include_all_tags:
    - private
    - noHL
    exclude_any_tags:
    - keep
    - games
    max_seeding_time: 21000
    add_group_to_tag: true
    cleanup: true
recyclebin:
  # Recycle Bin method of deletion will move files into the recycle bin (Located in /root_dir/.RecycleBin) instead of directly deleting them in qbit
  # By default the Recycle Bin will be emptied on every run of the qbit_manage script if empty_after_x_days is defined.
  enabled: true
  # <OPTIONAL> empty_after_x_days var:
  # Will automatically remove all files and folders in recycle bin after x days. (Checks every script run)
  # If this variable is not defined it, the RecycleBin will never be emptied.
  # WARNING: Setting this variable to 0 will delete all files immediately upon script run!
  empty_after_x_days: 1
  save_torrents: false
  split_by_category: false
orphaned:
  # Orphaned files are those in the root_dir download directory that are not referenced by any active torrents.
  # Will automatically remove all files and folders in orphaned data after x days. (Checks every script run)
  # If this variable is not defined it, the orphaned data will never be emptied.
  # WARNING: Setting this variable to 0 will delete all files immediately upon script run!
  empty_after_x_days: 14
  # File patterns that will not be considered orphaned files. Handy for generated files that aren't part of the torrent but belong with the torrent's files
  exclude_patterns:
  - '**/.DS_Store'
  - '**/Thumbs.db'
  - '**/@eaDir'
  - /data/temp/**
  - '**/*.!qB'
  - '**/_unpackerred'

apprise:
  api_url: REDACTED
  notify_url: 
    ntfy://REDACTED

notifiarr:
  # Notifiarr integration with webhooks
  # Leave Empty/Blank to disable
  # Mandatory to fill out API Key
  apikey: REDACTED
  # <OPTIONAL> Set to a unique value (could be your username on notifiarr for example)
  instance: REDACTED

webhooks:
  # Webhook notifications:
  # Possible values:
  # Set value to notifiarr if using notifiarr integration
  # Set value to apprise if using apprise integration
  # Set value to a valid webhook URL
  # Set value to nothing (leave Empty/Blank) to disable
  error: apprise
  run_start:
  function:
    rem_unregistered: apprise
    tag_tracker_error: apprise
    rem_orphaned: apprise
    share_limits:
    cleanup_dirs: apprise
  run_end:

[bakerboy448]

What is unclear or confusing from the example config file and the documentation?
The 3 variables are clearly defined.

Your configuration makes no attempt to meet your goals and for some reason you only wish to seed no hardlinked items for 10 seconds - this is the type of setting that will get you banned from trackers.

If you actually try to put in effort maybe someone will assist you, but it appears you have not even tried to understand the docs and apply the details to what you want.

If there is no hard-links, then check if I need to meet a minimum seed time for a tracker.

There is no such thing as a minimum seed time for a tracker in qbm. they only exist at share limit attributes. you would need a distinct share limit for every single tracker that excludes noHL

[luckycold]

If you actually try to put in effort maybe someone will assist you, but it appears you have not even tried to understand the docs and apply the details to what you want.

I have read the docs. I've reread them many times top to bottom. This is more of a misunderstanding of my part that I had a hard time kicking. I'm aware that there's no "minimum seed time for a tracker", I misspoke there. It's more of how I'm unsure how to parse out using share limits to do what I was trying to do for those goals I explained earlier.

There is no such thing as a minimum seed time for a tracker in qbm. they only exist at share limit attributes. you would need a distinct share limit for every single tracker that excludes noHL

How am I supposed to order these share limits? I've attempted to do this in the past but never ended up getting something that worked. The only thing that did end up working in such a way that ended up making sense to me was what I put up above, but it was a bare minimum seeding setup that I don't want to continue doing.

[bakerboy448]

How am I supposed to order these share limits?

Order does not matter. Priority does which indicates you're lying about reading the docs....good day liar...I don't help lying lazy users.

Limited to no support is provided on github....discord is where you'd need to go if you want help

[luckycold]

Order does not matter. Priority does which indicates you're lying about reading the docs....good day liar...I don't help lying lazy users.

I don't see how what I said was wrong. It's order in priority, I'm aware that they have to be labeled by the order they will be labeled using priority. Unless I got that misunderstood too.

To be fair, I haven't read the docs in months. I hadn't decided to pick this up again until recently. I'm sorry that I didn't make another attempt to look through the docs again. However, my reasoning behind it was that since I wasn't able to figure it out in the past, that I thought maybe I could get some help this time. I'm really not trying to be obstinate here. I'm not sure what I did to cause this kind of response, but I really am trying to reason this out. In spite of being called a liar when I'm certain of what I said, I would still appreciate any help.

Limited to no support is provided on github....discord is where you'd need to go if you want help

I didn't realize that the notifiarr discord was directly related to this project. For some reason I thought it was only tangentially related because it used it as a notification method. So I do appreciate you mentioning that.

[luckycold]

Okay, I realize after some review that this actually does meet the conditions of what I was trying to do. The main thing going wrong was my assumption that time was in seconds and not minutes. Because of this, it was causing this to prematurely remove torrents when it shouldn't. I was able to figure this out because of bakerboy due to his passing mention of:

for some reason you only wish to seed no hardlinked items for 10 seconds - this is the type of setting that will get you banned from trackers.

Thanks to that comment it helped me realize that I actually put in the incorrect amount of time for the private trackers I set. It was my intention to leave non-hardlinked files to be deleted as soon as possible since by that point I know I don't need them anymore. However, for files that are still hardlinked I know that I have it on my server and intend to watch them at some point. So I kind of solved my own issue. I think I had this config prior to the docs including the time format of "2w3d" which may explain why I had the original format in something like 4400 and assumed that it was in minutes.

The idea is that this catches any of my private trackers and waits out the minimum time if it has no hardlinks AND it's part of the private tracker. And if it's not hardlinked, it means I don't need it. Otherwise, it'll seed indefinitely.