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How nf_conntrack Overflow Causes Intermittent UDP Tracker Downtime with Docker

Published 27/04/2026

A subtle Linux kernel resource exhaustion silently drops UDP packets when running a BitTorrent tracker behind Docker bridge networking. No application error, no socket counter — just intermittent timeouts and a self-recovery cycle. Here is how to diagnose it, fix it, and make sure the fix survives a reboot.

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