uTorrent Proxy stopped working suddenly

Domu · June 2016

I've been using PIA uTorrent proxy without much issue for the last month or so. It suddenly stopped working about an hour ago and I can't figure out why. When I checked what the tracker says for the checkMyTorrentIP.png torrent, it says Proxy Connection Error: connection closed by peer. I have this status and Connection timed out for my other torrent. I tested utorrent w/o the proxy and it was working fine as well.

Is PIA proxy down by any chance? I did a ping proxy-nl.privateinternetaccess.com and was able to reach it fine from my end. Not sure what's going on.

LDrax · June 2016

I can confirm, I am also having issues with the login. Turning off the proxy and using the PIA connection app seems to provide enough security, though I would feel safer if the proxy worked again.

p6749995 · July 2017

This is an issue with uTorrent, not PIA Proxy.

1) https://forum.utorrent.com/topic/81452-using-proxy-btguard-and-utorrent-requires-restarting/
2) https://forum.utorrent.com/topic/105687-unable-to-reconnect-to-sock5-proxy-after-idle/
3) https://forum.utorrent.com/topic/105962-vpn-setup-with-private-tracker/

Other forums detail that qbittorrent/Vuze/etc works fine with PIA Proxy wihtout having to restart the progam.

Also, RSS does not work for most uTorrent users (newer version?):
1) https://forum.utorrent.com/topic/105868-rss-feeds-showrss-dont-seem-to-be-working-in-newest-version-of-utorrent/#comment-522531
2) Myself, uTorrent v.3.5 build 43916

Solution (Windows 7, probably others versions too):
1) Save the following in Notepad as "restart_utorrent.bat" and save it in the uTorrent folder (or whereever you like) :
--------do not include this line-------
@echo off
SETLOCAL EnableExtensions
set EXE=uTorrent.exe

FOR /F %%x IN ('tasklist /NH /FI "IMAGENAME eq %EXE%"') DO IF %%x == %EXE% goto RUNNING
    echo uTorrent not running - exiting
    goto NEVERMIND

:RUNNING
ECHO uTorrent running - shutting down and restarting
taskkill /im uTorrent.exe
TIMEOUT /T 60
start "utorrent" "D:\Dropbox\Store\Apps\uTorrent_S4\uTorrent.exe"

:NEVERMIND
--------do not include this line-------

2) Setup a new Task in [Control Panel -> Task Scheduler] with the following settings:
- General
     - Run only whne user is logged on
- Triggers -> New
     - Begin the task: at log on
     - Repeat task every: 2 hours
     - For a duration of: Indefinetely
     - Enabled
- Actions
     - Start a program: <point to your "restart_utorrent.bat" file>
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uTorrent will now shutdown gracefully and reopen after 60 seconds, every 2 hours, but only if uTorrent is actually running.

uTorrent Proxy stopped working suddenly

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