I passed Send extension handshake #xi4. But with #jk6 stage, when trying to receive message length recv(sock, buffer, 4, 0) I’m getting timeout sometimes then failed a test case, sometimes it just works and I can receive both bitfield_message and extension_handshake_message successfully. Do I need…

[Bittorent] [magnet_link] [Receive extension handshake #jk6] Getting timeout when receive message length

mrThinBone March 4, 2026, 6:07pm 2

I made the same mistake as this guy, mine was over bytes read in peer handshake response.

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