for Nyaa to prevent Sonarr from stripping non-alphanumeric characters that might be necessary for accurate matches.
| Error Message | Why is it happening? | The Fix | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Cloudflare block or server downtime. | Wait 30 minutes. Do not restart Sonarr; that makes it retry immediately and extends the ban. | | "Query successful, but no results" | Nyaa is up, but your category mappings are wrong. | Go to Indexer settings > Categories. Ensure "Anime" categories (5070, 5071, 5072) are checked. | | "Indexer returned RSS feed with missing items" | Nyaa paginated the RSS feed because there were too many new uploads. | Increase RSS Sync Interval to 120 minutes. Nyaa shows 100 items per page. You missed the window. | | "Failure: Request timed out" | Your Sonarr instance is far away from Nyaa's EU servers. | Use a proxy. Or switch to the US mirror (nyaa.land) if available. | sonarr nyaa indexer hot
To stop Nyaa from returning "hot" errors, you need to adjust your Sonarr configuration. Do not use the generic Nyaa preset if you want stability. for Nyaa to prevent Sonarr from stripping non-alphanumeric
Prowlarr is modern, fast, and syncs automatically with Sonarr. via Docker or standalone installer. Go to Indexers > Add New . Search for Nyaa.si . Keep default settings and click Save . | Wait 30 minutes
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