Sonarr / SABnzbd: Empty NZB files

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Sonarr Ver. 2.0.0.4949:
Mono version 5.2.0.224-0xamarin3+debian8b1:
Linux:

I’m not including debug messages because all that is reported in Sonarr is “error response from SABnzbd”. The error in SABnzbd is “empty NZB file”. So, the errors are fairly straightforward if not a bit cryptic.

Going to the indexer and searching for the same file produces a downloadable NZB file that can be successfully downloaded using another news client.

The only thing I don’t know how to verify is the NZB’s that Sonarr is attempting to pass on to SABnzbd. I’d like to look inside one and see what’s in it. How can I do this? Where are these NZB files?

Is this a method that indexers use to limit the number of searches they deal with? Other indexers straight up are providing descriptive error messages like “API searches exceeded”. I’m not getting anything like that with this one indexer though. And this one indexer seems to provide working results for other files even after dealing with these empty NZBs.

Your help is very much appreciated.

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They aren’t saved anywhere unless you’re using Usenet Blackhole, but I wouldn’t recommend it for long term use.

I’ve heard that some be indexers return an in valid nzb file with more information inside if you’ve hit the max number if grabs in a day, but haven’t seen that firsthand. A proper status code from the API would be preferred though (at least from my perspective).

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