Debian torrent tracker is down

[Mattias Wadenstein]

It looks like Debian torrent tracker ( bttracker.debian.org ) doesn't work
for a few days, but the host itself is up.
Can anyone confirm this?

Hi!

I'm not seeing any issues with the torrent tracker, I even tried from home
(external to the datacenter where it is hosted), and could download a
torrent fine and the torrent client indicated that it saw lots of peers
from the tracker.

I can also load the stats fine. What exactly isn't working for you?

/Mattias Wadenstein

[Alexander V. Makartsev]

Post by Mattias Wadenstein

It looks like Debian torrent tracker ( bttracker.debian.org ) doesn't
work for a few days, but the host itself is up.
Can anyone confirm this?

Hi!
I'm not seeing any issues with the torrent tracker, I even tried from
home (external to the datacenter where it is hosted), and could
download a torrent fine and the torrent client indicated that it saw
lots of peers from the tracker.
I can also load the stats fine. What exactly isn't working for you?
/Mattias Wadenstein

My torrent client (Tixati) reports "Connection timed out" for URL:
http://bttracker.debian.org:6969/announce

Here is magnet link for one of the torrents, but I don't think it matters:
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:fdcvdfxvo5j4icwow35vqyl6ngk2p3o3&dn=debian-11.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso&tr=http%3A%2F%2Fbttracker.debian.org%3A6969%2Fannounce

This is odd, because many other torrent trackers and hundreds of
torrents work just fine.
I don't know how to check if it is working. A plain simple 'wget'
request gives:
    $ wget -O- http://bttracker.debian.org:6969/announce
    --2021-12-21 23:32:43-- http://bttracker.debian.org:6969/announce
    Resolving bttracker.debian.org (bttracker.debian.org)...
130.239.18.158, 2001:6b0:e:2018::158
    Connecting to bttracker.debian.org
(bttracker.debian.org)|130.239.18.158|:6969... connected.
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... No data received.
    Retrying.

And if I send same request to another tracker I get.. well at least
something:
    $ wget -O- http://tracker.humblebundle.com:2710/announce
    --2021-12-21 23:39:44-- http://tracker.humblebundle.com:2710/announce
    Resolving tracker.humblebundle.com (tracker.humblebundle.com)...
104.154.156.79
    Connecting to tracker.humblebundle.com
(tracker.humblebundle.com)|104.154.156.79|:2710... connected.
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
    2021-12-21 23:39:47 ERROR 404: Not Found.

Could it be that Debian torrent tracker blocks out requests from Tor
network?

[Mattias Wadenstein]

This is odd, because many other torrent trackers and hundreds of torrents
work just fine.
I don't know how to check if it is working. A plain simple 'wget' request
    $ wget -O- http://bttracker.debian.org:6969/announce
    --2021-12-21 23:32:43-- http://bttracker.debian.org:6969/announce
    Resolving bttracker.debian.org (bttracker.debian.org)... 130.239.18.158,
2001:6b0:e:2018::158
    Connecting to bttracker.debian.org
(bttracker.debian.org)|130.239.18.158|:6969... connected.
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... No data received.
    Retrying.
And if I send same request to another tracker I get.. well at least
    $ wget -O- http://tracker.humblebundle.com:2710/announce
    --2021-12-21 23:39:44-- http://tracker.humblebundle.com:2710/announce
    Resolving tracker.humblebundle.com (tracker.humblebundle.com)...
104.154.156.79
    Connecting to tracker.humblebundle.com
(tracker.humblebundle.com)|104.154.156.79|:2710... connected.
    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
    2021-12-21 23:39:47 ERROR 404: Not Found.

I get the first behaviour with wget. You could something that doesn't
actually exist, like /stats or something that does, like /stats?

Could it be that Debian torrent tracker blocks out requests from Tor
network?

Not as far as I know. But I guess if that particular exit node had been
particularly nasty in the past, there might be filters upstream from it.

/Mattias Wadenstein