peerconn.go |  6 +++++-
 pex.go      |  3 ---
 pexconn.go  | 23 +++++++++--------------

diff --git a/peerconn.go b/peerconn.go
index 1c55db625825f132d9e2314d975de09e53b84f86..1163ad7740d6143278fe8cc02681222e71925a90 100644
--- a/peerconn.go
+++ b/peerconn.go
@@ -874,7 +874,11 @@ 	case pexExtendedId:
 		if !c.pex.IsEnabled() {
 			return nil // or hang-up maybe?
 		}
-		return c.pex.Recv(payload)
+		err = c.pex.Recv(payload)
+		if err != nil {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("receiving pex message: %w", err)
+		}
+		return
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected extended message ID: %v", id)
 	}
diff --git a/pex.go b/pex.go
index 4561c5e4d281ab8dea3d1269dab4ddba86f8fa0d..c5ed6099d3f046636e0f86f51abc7d3a3efa7929 100644
--- a/pex.go
+++ b/pex.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import (
 	"net"
 	"sync"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/anacrolix/dht/v2/krpc"
 
@@ -162,7 +161,6 @@ type pexState struct {
 	sync.RWMutex
 	tail *pexEvent     // event feed list
 	hold []pexEvent    // delayed drops
-	rest time.Time     // cooldown deadline on inbound
 	nc   int           // net number of alive conns
 	msg0 pexMsgFactory // initial message
 }
@@ -174,7 +172,6 @@ 	defer s.Unlock()
 	s.tail = nil
 	s.hold = nil
 	s.nc = 0
-	s.rest = time.Time{}
 	s.msg0 = pexMsgFactory{}
 }
 
diff --git a/pexconn.go b/pexconn.go
index 5ccc02200d96a8f4bb8cc01b3e8e0d84a91f1faa..b01edbb487a0207a67088b8f26f81e93638eb485 100644
--- a/pexconn.go
+++ b/pexconn.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ 	info    log.Logger
 	dbg     log.Logger
 	// Running record of live connections the remote end of the connection purports to have.
 	remoteLiveConns map[netip.AddrPort]g.Option[pp.PexPeerFlags]
+	lastRecv        time.Time
 }
 
 func (s *pexConnState) IsEnabled() bool {
@@ -131,26 +132,20 @@ 	}
 	s.dbg.Printf("received pex message: %v", rx)
 	torrent.Add("pex added peers received", int64(len(rx.Added)))
 	torrent.Add("pex added6 peers received", int64(len(rx.Added6)))
-	s.updateRemoteLiveConns(rx)
 
-	if !s.torrent.wantPeers() {
-		s.dbg.Printf("peer reserve ok, incoming PEX discarded")
-		return nil
-	}
-	// TODO: This should be per conn, not for the whole Torrent.
-	if time.Now().Before(s.torrent.pex.rest) {
-		s.dbg.Printf("in cooldown period, incoming PEX discarded")
-		return nil
+	// "Clients must batch updates to send no more than 1 PEX message per minute."
+	timeSinceLastRecv := time.Since(s.lastRecv)
+	if timeSinceLastRecv < 45*time.Second {
+		return fmt.Errorf("last received only %v ago", timeSinceLastRecv)
 	}
+	s.lastRecv = time.Now()
+	s.updateRemoteLiveConns(rx)
 
 	var peers peerInfos
 	peers.AppendFromPex(rx.Added6, rx.Added6Flags)
 	peers.AppendFromPex(rx.Added, rx.AddedFlags)
-	s.dbg.Printf("adding %d peers from PEX", len(peers))
-	if len(peers) > 0 {
-		s.torrent.pex.rest = time.Now().Add(pexInterval)
-		s.torrent.addPeers(peers)
-	}
+	added := s.torrent.addPeers(peers)
+	s.dbg.Printf("got %v peers over pex, added %v", len(peers), added)
 
 	// one day we may also want to:
 	// - check if the peer is not flooding us with PEX updates