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<div><div>Hiro,</div><div><br></div><div>It took me a minute to find the newly added causal information inline with the example PortMetrics output. I was expecting two distinct sections: Possible Causes and Possible Remedies.</div><div><br></div><div>Either way, thank you for adding the information.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Respectfully,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Gary</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, October 5, 2021, 2:33:23 PM MDT, Silvia/Hiro <hiro@torproject.org> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">On 10/4/21 1:36 PM, David Goulet wrote:<br clear="none">> On 02 Oct (01:29:56), torix via tor-relays wrote:<br clear="none">>> My relays (Aramis) marked overloaded don't make any sense either. Two of<br clear="none">>> the ones marked with orange are the two with the lowest traffic I have (2-5<br clear="none">>> MiB/s and 4-9 MiB/s - not pushing any limits here); the third one with that<br clear="none">>> host has more traffic and is fine.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> So far this indicator seems to be no help to me.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Keep in mind that the overload state might not be only about traffic capacity.<br clear="none">> Like this page states, there other factors including CPU and memory pressure.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://support.torproject.org/relay-operators/relay-bridge-overloaded/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://support.torproject.org/relay-operators/relay-bridge-overloaded/</a><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> We are in a continuous process of making it better with feedback from the<br clear="none">> relay community. It is a hard problem because so many things can change or<br clear="none">> influence things. And different OSes also makes it challenging.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Another thing here to remember, the overload state will be set for 72 hours<br clear="none">> even if a SINGLE overload event occurred.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> For more details:<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2021-September/019844.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2021-September/019844.html</a><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> (FYI, we are in the process of adding this information in the support page ^).<br clear="none"><br clear="none">We have now updated the support article at:<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://support.torproject.org/relay-operators/relay-bridge-overloaded/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://support.torproject.org/relay-operators/relay-bridge-overloaded/</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">We have tried to clarify how and why the overloaded state is triggered.<br clear="none">I hope this can help operators understand better why their relays can be<br clear="none">found in this state and how a normal state can be recovered.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Please do let us know what you think.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Cheers,<br clear="none">-hiro<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> If you can't find sticking out, that is OK, you can move on and see if it<br clear="none">> continues to stick. If so, maybe its worth digging more and when 0.4.7 will be<br clear="none">> stable, you'll be able to enable the MetricsPort (man tor) to get into the<br clear="none">> rabbit hole a bit deeper.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Cheers!<br clear="none">> David<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> tor-relays mailing list<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="mailto:tor-relays@lists.torproject.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</a><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays</a><div class="ydpfc625058yqt3007294881" id="ydpfc625058yqtfd98504"><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">tor-relays mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:tor-relays@lists.torproject.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays</a><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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