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Downloads: make the simultaneous-download limit a user setting #404
1.8.0 (the downloads overhaul) introduced fixed admission caps in DownloadAdmissionPolicy. Rows beyond them show "Waiting for a download slot…" until a slot frees:
Limit
Value
Total
3
Static file (Original / prepared static)
2
Server preparation (Plex optimize, Emby Convert)
1
Live forward stream
1
These were a safety-first starting point to stop relaunch recovery restarting everything at once (the build-1506/1513 field reports). They were not tuned for throughput. The best value depends on things the app can't infer:
server upload bandwidth and disk;
whether the server is on the LAN or a remote path;
device storage speed;
how many transcodes the server can handle.
Proposal
Add one setting, "Simultaneous downloads": 1–5, default 3.
Derive the static-file lane from it (total − 1, minimum 1).
Keep server preparation at 1 and live forward at 1. Those are server-load limits, not device ones.
Lowering the value never cancels running transfers. Rows that are already running are grandfathered, as P4 already does over the cap.
Raising it admits waiting rows on the next pass.
Relaunch recovery keeps honouring the setting, so recovery fan-out stays bounded.
Put it in Settings ▸ Downloads next to the network toggle (D5), on visionOS, iOS/iPadOS and macOS. tvOS has no downloads.
Tests
Admission policy unit tests across the range.
Lowering the cap mid-transfer: no cancellation, and no new admits until occupancy drops.
Landed on main in #425 (0b7f3fcb, tag v1.8.0). Any device or live acceptance gate already noted here still applies; the issue stays open until it's checked.
Activity
Downloads: configurable simultaneous downloads (1–5) (#408)
jlipworth commentedon Nov 5, 2026
Landed on
mainin #425 (0b7f3fcb, tagv1.8.0). Any device or live acceptance gate already noted here still applies; the issue stays open until it's checked.