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First post here. I've been having this issue for a couple of weeks now. I am on the latest version, qBittorrent v4.6.5 (64-bit), using Windows 11 and a VPN active.

I am able to download fine at first, but they stop after about 30 seconds of downloading (often downloading only about 5-15% of a file). It also drops to only one peer in the peer list. I am on default settings, and I've attached an image to show the issue. Is there something I'm missing?

Those torrents don't really have many peers at all. Could you try downloading an Ubuntu or Manjaro torrent file? See if that works?