[tor-relays] Guard flag got removed after only 48 hours of downtime.

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On 31.07.2020 14:41, William Kane wrote:

> That was very informative and educational compared to the other 
> replies.
+1

On 29.07.2020 05:21, ECAN - Matt Westfall wrote:
> Yeah you wouldn't want to instantly throw a relay the Guard flag back
> after any kind of down time, because the whole point of a Guard is
> primarily stability.
> 
> If a Guard drops off line for even 10 minutes, there's no way to know 
> why.

Is there a (few seconds downtime) threshold , if you reboot after kernel 
upgrades?


I try to limit the reboots and usually wait until a Tor and kernel 
upgrade has come out.
Of course, I'm not waiting for reboots in the event of serious security 
vulnerabilities that apply to my system.

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