public-trackers-for-testing

Testing & Quality

Public tracker targets for manual testing and debugging of tracker clients. Use when validating announce/scrape behavior against live services, comparing local vs public behavior, or diagnosing network timeouts. Triggers on "public tracker", "test against demo tracker", "debug tracker timeout", or "which tracker should I use".

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Public Trackers for Testing

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console/tracker-client/src/console/clients/udp/app.rs
console/tracker-client/src/console/clients/http/app.rs
.github/skills/dev/environment-setup/run-tracker-locally/SKILL.md

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Purpose

Use this skill to choose reliable public tracker endpoints for manual verification and debugging.

It provides:

preferred endpoint order
copy-paste test commands
timeout triage and fallback workflow

Preferred Target Order

When testing against public services, use this order:

Tracker demo (newer, usually lower load)
Index+Tracker demo (older, can be busy)
Local tracker fallback for deterministic checks

Public Endpoints

Tracker Demo (preferred)

Repository: https://github.com/torrust/torrust-tracker-demo

HTTP: https://http1.torrust-tracker-demo.com:443/announce
HTTP: https://http1.torrust-tracker-demo.com:443
UDP: udp://udp1.torrust-tracker-demo.com:6969/announce

Index+Tracker Demo (secondary)

Repository: https://github.com/torrust/torrust-demo

HTTP: https://tracker.torrust-demo.com/announce
HTTP: https://tracker.torrust-demo.com
UDP: udp://tracker.torrust-demo.com:6969/announce

Quick Commands

Use a test info hash:

INFO_HASH=000620bbc6c52d5a96d98f6c0f1dfa523a40df82

UDP scrape (preferred public demo)

cargo run -q -p torrust-tracker-client --bin tracker_client udp scrape \
  udp://udp1.torrust-tracker-demo.com:6969/scrape \
  "$INFO_HASH" \
  --format text

UDP announce (preferred public demo)

cargo run -q -p torrust-tracker-client --bin tracker_client udp announce \
  udp://udp1.torrust-tracker-demo.com:6969/announce \
  "$INFO_HASH" \
  --format json

HTTP announce (preferred public demo)

cargo run -q -p torrust-tracker-client --bin tracker_client http announce \
  https://http1.torrust-tracker-demo.com:443 \
  "$INFO_HASH"

Timeout Triage

If a public target times out:

Retry once against the same target.
Retry against the other public demo.
If both fail, run locally and verify behavior deterministically.

Do not assume client regression from a single public timeout.

Local Fallback

Use this workflow when public trackers are unavailable or overloaded:

.github/skills/dev/environment-setup/run-tracker-locally/SKILL.md

Then re-run the same client command against 127.0.0.1.

Notes

Public demo load varies over time.
Trackers may contain existing swarm state, so results can differ from clean local runs.
Prefer local checks for acceptance criteria that require deterministic values.