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[tor/main] do notice-level log when we resume having enough dir info
by ahf＠torproject.org 02 Nov '21

02 Nov '21

commit f9cb7e3398a8c0941a2c489b16a9e8ef66bc1324 Author: Roger Dingledine <arma(a)torproject.org> Date: Sat Oct 23 05:24:29 2021 -0400 do notice-level log when we resume having enough dir info we do a notice-level log when we decide we *don't* have enough dir info, but in 0.3.5.1-alpha (see commit eee62e13d97, #14950) we lost our corresponding notice-level log when things come back. bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha; fixes bug 40496. --- changes/bug40496 | 6 ++++++ src/feature/nodelist/nodelist.c | 10 ++++++++-- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/changes/bug40496 b/changes/bug40496 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b626cc51fe --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/bug40496 @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ + o Minor bugfixes (logging): + - When we no longer have enough directory information to use the + network, we would log a notice-level message -- but we would not + reliably log a message when we recovered and resumed using the + network. Now make sure there is always a corresponding message + about recovering. Fixes bug 40496; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha. diff --git a/src/feature/nodelist/nodelist.c b/src/feature/nodelist/nodelist.c index 121dc8823a..c676e8dfb4 100644 --- a/src/feature/nodelist/nodelist.c +++ b/src/feature/nodelist/nodelist.c @@ -2820,6 +2820,7 @@ update_router_have_minimum_dir_info(void) const networkstatus_t *consensus = networkstatus_get_reasonably_live_consensus(now,usable_consensus_flavor()); int using_md; + static int be_loud_when_things_work_again = 0; if (!consensus) { if (!networkstatus_get_latest_consensus()) @@ -2875,8 +2876,9 @@ update_router_have_minimum_dir_info(void) if (res && !have_min_dir_info) { control_event_client_status(LOG_NOTICE, "ENOUGH_DIR_INFO"); control_event_boot_dir(BOOTSTRAP_STATUS_ENOUGH_DIRINFO, 0); - log_info(LD_DIR, - "We now have enough directory information to build circuits."); + tor_log(be_loud_when_things_work_again ? LOG_NOTICE : LOG_INFO, LD_DIR, + "We now have enough directory information to build circuits."); + be_loud_when_things_work_again = 0; } /* If paths have just become unavailable in this update. */ @@ -2885,6 +2887,10 @@ update_router_have_minimum_dir_info(void) tor_log(quiet ? LOG_INFO : LOG_NOTICE, LD_DIR, "Our directory information is no longer up-to-date " "enough to build circuits: %s", dir_info_status); + if (!quiet) { + /* remember to do a notice-level log when things come back */ + be_loud_when_things_work_again = 1; + } /* a) make us log when we next complete a circuit, so we know when Tor * is back up and usable, and b) disable some activities that Tor

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[tor/main] only log "new bridge descriptor" if really new
by ahf＠torproject.org 02 Nov '21

02 Nov '21

commit 867c3c6f89ae67bb95cc3c714feb7898dd3c8e3b Author: Roger Dingledine <arma(a)torproject.org> Date: Thu Oct 28 20:53:26 2021 -0400 only log "new bridge descriptor" if really new The bridge descriptor fetching codes ends up fetching a lot of duplicate bridge descriptors, because this is how we learn when the descriptor changes. This commit only changes comments plus whether we log that one line. It moves us back to the old behavior, before the previous commit for 30496, where we would only log that line when the bridge descriptor we're talking about is better than the one we already had (if any). --- src/feature/client/bridges.c | 18 ++++++++++++++---- src/feature/client/bridges.h | 3 ++- src/feature/nodelist/routerlist.c | 4 ++-- 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/feature/client/bridges.c b/src/feature/client/bridges.c index bc065a94c4..9e36d26929 100644 --- a/src/feature/client/bridges.c +++ b/src/feature/client/bridges.c @@ -943,9 +943,17 @@ rewrite_node_address_for_bridge(const bridge_info_t *bridge, node_t *node) } /** We just learned a descriptor for a bridge. See if that - * digest is in our entry guard list, and add it if not. */ + * digest is in our entry guard list, and add it if not. Schedule the + * next fetch for a long time from now, and initiate any follow-up + * activities like continuing to bootstrap. + * + * <b>from_cache</b> * tells us whether we fetched it from disk (else + * the network) + * + * <b>desc_is_new</b> tells us if we preferred it to the old version we + * had, if any. */ void -learned_bridge_descriptor(routerinfo_t *ri, int from_cache) +learned_bridge_descriptor(routerinfo_t *ri, int from_cache, int desc_is_new) { tor_assert(ri); tor_assert(ri->purpose == ROUTER_PURPOSE_BRIDGE); @@ -984,8 +992,10 @@ learned_bridge_descriptor(routerinfo_t *ri, int from_cache) entry_guard_learned_bridge_identity(&bridge->addrport_configured, (const uint8_t*)ri->cache_info.identity_digest); - log_notice(LD_DIR, "new bridge descriptor '%s' (%s): %s", ri->nickname, - from_cache ? "cached" : "fresh", router_describe(ri)); + if (desc_is_new) + log_notice(LD_DIR, "new bridge descriptor '%s' (%s): %s", + ri->nickname, + from_cache ? "cached" : "fresh", router_describe(ri)); /* If we didn't have a reachable bridge before this one, try directory * documents again. */ if (first) { diff --git a/src/feature/client/bridges.h b/src/feature/client/bridges.h index a42363f683..dd3e498a0a 100644 --- a/src/feature/client/bridges.h +++ b/src/feature/client/bridges.h @@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ void learned_router_identity(const tor_addr_t *addr, uint16_t port, void bridge_add_from_config(struct bridge_line_t *bridge_line); void retry_bridge_descriptor_fetch_directly(const char *digest); void fetch_bridge_descriptors(const or_options_t *options, time_t now); -void learned_bridge_descriptor(routerinfo_t *ri, int from_cache); +void learned_bridge_descriptor(routerinfo_t *ri, + int from_cache, int desc_is_new); const smartlist_t *get_socks_args_by_bridge_addrport(const tor_addr_t *addr, uint16_t port); diff --git a/src/feature/nodelist/routerlist.c b/src/feature/nodelist/routerlist.c index e64840b5dd..c00f7ffb26 100644 --- a/src/feature/nodelist/routerlist.c +++ b/src/feature/nodelist/routerlist.c @@ -1622,7 +1622,7 @@ router_add_to_routerlist(routerinfo_t *router, const char **msg, * let the bridge descriptor fetch subsystem know that we * succeeded at getting it -- so we can adjust the retry schedule * to stop trying for a while. */ - learned_bridge_descriptor(router, from_cache); + learned_bridge_descriptor(router, from_cache, 0); } log_info(LD_DIR, "Dropping descriptor that we already have for router %s", @@ -2054,7 +2054,7 @@ routerlist_descriptors_added(smartlist_t *sl, int from_cache) control_event_descriptors_changed(sl); SMARTLIST_FOREACH_BEGIN(sl, routerinfo_t *, ri) { if (ri->purpose == ROUTER_PURPOSE_BRIDGE) - learned_bridge_descriptor(ri, from_cache); + learned_bridge_descriptor(ri, from_cache, 1); if (ri->needs_retest_if_added) { ri->needs_retest_if_added = 0; dirserv_single_reachability_test(approx_time(), ri);

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[tor/main] reassess minimum-dir-info when a bridge fails
by ahf＠torproject.org 02 Nov '21

02 Nov '21

commit 3c8510e2c0b10637f4d2fdd81a6d0083968b7cc9 Author: Roger Dingledine <arma(a)torproject.org> Date: Fri Oct 22 02:33:49 2021 -0400 reassess minimum-dir-info when a bridge fails When we try to fetch a bridge descriptor and we fail, we mark the guard as failed, but we never scheduled a re-compute for router_have_minimum_dir_info(). So if we had already decided we needed to wait for this new descriptor, we would just wait forever -- even if, counterintuitively, *losing* the bridge is just what we need to *resume* using the network, if we had it in state GUARD_REACHABLE_MAYBE and we were stalling to learn this outcome. See bug 40396 for more details. --- changes/bug40396 | 10 ++++++++++ src/feature/client/entrynodes.c | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/changes/bug40396 b/changes/bug40396 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f9d5b8ecb2 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/bug40396 @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ + o Major bugfixes (bridges): + - Make Tor work reliably again when you have multiple bridges + configured and one or more of them are unreachable. The problem + came because we require that we have bridge descriptors for both + of our first two bridges (else we refuse to try to connect), but + in some cases we would wait three hours before trying to fetch + these missing descriptors, and/or never recover when we do try + to fetch them. Fixes bugs 40396 and 40495; bugfix on 0.3.0.5-rc + and 0.3.2.1-alpha. + diff --git a/src/feature/client/entrynodes.c b/src/feature/client/entrynodes.c index 315bd54674..efc1c07763 100644 --- a/src/feature/client/entrynodes.c +++ b/src/feature/client/entrynodes.c @@ -2271,6 +2271,13 @@ entry_guards_note_guard_failure(guard_selection_t *gs, guard->is_primary?"primary ":"", guard->confirmed_idx>=0?"confirmed ":"", entry_guard_describe(guard)); + + /* Schedule a re-assessment of whether we have enough dir info to + * use the network. Counterintuitively, *losing* a bridge might actually + * be just what we need to *resume* using the network, if we had it in + * state GUARD_REACHABLE_MAYBE and we were stalling to learn this + * outcome. See bug 40396 for more details. */ + router_dir_info_changed(); } /**

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[tor/main] Merge remote-tracking branch 'tor-gitlab/mr/474' into main
by ahf＠torproject.org 02 Nov '21

02 Nov '21

commit f6600377b495c276cbaf423d9c8907abd4cb3c82 Merge: b109161c8f 7084ec8710 Author: Alexander Færøy <ahf(a)torproject.org> Date: Tue Nov 2 15:28:56 2021 +0000 Merge remote-tracking branch 'tor-gitlab/mr/474' into main changes/bug40396 | 10 ++++++++++ changes/bug40496 | 6 ++++++ changes/bug40497 | 8 ++++++++ doc/man/tor.1.txt | 11 ++++++----- src/feature/client/bridges.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++----- src/feature/client/bridges.h | 3 ++- src/feature/client/entrynodes.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/feature/dirclient/dlstatus.c | 17 ++++++++--------- src/feature/nodelist/nodelist.c | 10 ++++++++-- src/feature/nodelist/routerlist.c | 9 ++++++++- src/test/test_dir.c | 8 +------- 11 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

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[tor/main] don't retry entry guards if they're bridges without descriptors
by ahf＠torproject.org 02 Nov '21

02 Nov '21

commit 7084ec871070e1f01a48b7735367b94abe1feb21 Author: Roger Dingledine <arma(a)torproject.org> Date: Sat Oct 23 20:32:36 2021 -0400 don't retry entry guards if they're bridges without descriptors When we don't yet have a descriptor for one of our bridges, disable the entry guard retry schedule on that bridge. The entry guard retry schedule and the bridge descriptor retry schedule can conflict, e.g. where we mark a bridge as "maybe up" yet we don't try to fetch its descriptor yet, leading Tor to wait (refusing to do anything) until it becomes time to fetch the descriptor. Fixes bug 40497; bugfix on 0.3.0.3-alpha. --- changes/bug40497 | 8 ++++++++ src/feature/client/entrynodes.c | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/changes/bug40497 b/changes/bug40497 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d3004d0b72 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/bug40497 @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ + o Minor bugfixes (bridges): + - When we don't yet have a descriptor for one of our bridges, disable + the entry guard retry schedule on that bridge. The entry guard retry + schedule and the bridge descriptor retry schedule can conflict, + e.g. where we mark a bridge as "maybe up" yet we don't try to fetch + its descriptor yet, leading Tor to wait (refusing to do anything) + until it becomes time to fetch the descriptor. Fixes bug 40497; + bugfix on 0.3.0.3-alpha. diff --git a/src/feature/client/entrynodes.c b/src/feature/client/entrynodes.c index a05ec63512..32ecb4f705 100644 --- a/src/feature/client/entrynodes.c +++ b/src/feature/client/entrynodes.c @@ -2059,6 +2059,14 @@ entry_guard_consider_retry(entry_guard_t *guard) get_retry_schedule(guard->failing_since, now, guard->is_primary); const time_t last_attempt = guard->last_tried_to_connect; + /* Check if it is a bridge and we don't have its descriptor yet */ + if (guard->bridge_addr && !guard_has_descriptor(guard)) { + /* We want to leave the retry schedule to fetch_bridge_descriptors(), + * so we don't have two retry schedules clobbering each other. See + * bugs 40396 and 40497 for details of why we need this exception. */ + return; + } + if (BUG(last_attempt == 0) || now >= last_attempt + delay) { /* We should mark this retriable. */

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[tor/main] man: Missing OverloadStatistics option in tor.1
by ahf＠torproject.org 02 Nov '21

02 Nov '21

commit 6926c9192af5807c0996171909285a2d18cc05d0 Author: David Goulet <dgoulet(a)torproject.org> Date: Tue Nov 2 09:50:18 2021 -0400 man: Missing OverloadStatistics option in tor.1 Closes #40504 Signed-off-by: David Goulet <dgoulet(a)torproject.org> --- changes/ticket40504 | 3 +++ doc/man/tor.1.txt | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+) diff --git a/changes/ticket40504 b/changes/ticket40504 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9095591419 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/ticket40504 @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ + o Documentation (man, relay): + - Missing "OverloadStatistics" in tor.1 manpage. Fixes bug 40504; bugfix on + 0.4.6.1-alpha. diff --git a/doc/man/tor.1.txt b/doc/man/tor.1.txt index 89afe59582..19693ce2dc 100644 --- a/doc/man/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/man/tor.1.txt @@ -2765,6 +2765,26 @@ types of statistics that Tor relays collect and publish: is enabled, it will be published as part of the extra-info document. (Default: 1) +[[OverloadStatistics]] **OverloadStatistics** *0**|**1**:: + Relays and bridges only. + When this option is enabled, a Tor relay will write an overload general + line in the server descriptor if the relay is considered overloaded. + (Default: 1) + + + A relay is considered overloaded if at least one of these conditions is + met: + - Onionskins are starting to be dropped. + - The OOM was invoked. + + - (Exit only) DNS timeout occurs X% of the time over Y seconds (values + controlled by consensus parameters, see param-spec.txt). + + + If ExtraInfoStatistics is enabled, it can also put two more specific + overload lines in the extra-info document if at least one of these + conditions is met: + - TCP Port exhaustion + - Connection rate limits have been reached (read and write side). + [[PaddingStatistics]] **PaddingStatistics** **0**|**1**:: Relays and bridges only. When this option is enabled, Tor collects statistics for padding cells

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[tor/main] Add missing ponctuation.
by ahf＠torproject.org 02 Nov '21

02 Nov '21

commit 9922116388b9904f248f8bfc4d013f4fd38c7972 Author: Alexander Færøy <ahf(a)torproject.org> Date: Tue Nov 2 15:26:09 2021 +0000 Add missing ponctuation. --- doc/man/tor.1.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/man/tor.1.txt b/doc/man/tor.1.txt index 19693ce2dc..109e70f2ba 100644 --- a/doc/man/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/man/tor.1.txt @@ -2782,7 +2782,7 @@ types of statistics that Tor relays collect and publish: If ExtraInfoStatistics is enabled, it can also put two more specific overload lines in the extra-info document if at least one of these conditions is met: - - TCP Port exhaustion + - TCP Port exhaustion. - Connection rate limits have been reached (read and write side). [[PaddingStatistics]] **PaddingStatistics** **0**|**1**::

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[tor/main] Merge branch 'maint-0.4.6' into main
by ahf＠torproject.org 02 Nov '21

02 Nov '21

commit b109161c8f1c2acac7eee32ad86cc727975eeb08 Merge: ee38ec02f3 9922116388 Author: Alexander Færøy <ahf(a)torproject.org> Date: Tue Nov 2 15:27:08 2021 +0000 Merge branch 'maint-0.4.6' into main changes/ticket40504 | 3 +++ doc/man/tor.1.txt | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

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[tor/maint-0.4.6] man: Missing OverloadStatistics option in tor.1
by ahf＠torproject.org 02 Nov '21

02 Nov '21

commit 6926c9192af5807c0996171909285a2d18cc05d0 Author: David Goulet <dgoulet(a)torproject.org> Date: Tue Nov 2 09:50:18 2021 -0400 man: Missing OverloadStatistics option in tor.1 Closes #40504 Signed-off-by: David Goulet <dgoulet(a)torproject.org> --- changes/ticket40504 | 3 +++ doc/man/tor.1.txt | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+) diff --git a/changes/ticket40504 b/changes/ticket40504 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9095591419 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/ticket40504 @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ + o Documentation (man, relay): + - Missing "OverloadStatistics" in tor.1 manpage. Fixes bug 40504; bugfix on + 0.4.6.1-alpha. diff --git a/doc/man/tor.1.txt b/doc/man/tor.1.txt index 89afe59582..19693ce2dc 100644 --- a/doc/man/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/man/tor.1.txt @@ -2765,6 +2765,26 @@ types of statistics that Tor relays collect and publish: is enabled, it will be published as part of the extra-info document. (Default: 1) +[[OverloadStatistics]] **OverloadStatistics** *0**|**1**:: + Relays and bridges only. + When this option is enabled, a Tor relay will write an overload general + line in the server descriptor if the relay is considered overloaded. + (Default: 1) + + + A relay is considered overloaded if at least one of these conditions is + met: + - Onionskins are starting to be dropped. + - The OOM was invoked. + + - (Exit only) DNS timeout occurs X% of the time over Y seconds (values + controlled by consensus parameters, see param-spec.txt). + + + If ExtraInfoStatistics is enabled, it can also put two more specific + overload lines in the extra-info document if at least one of these + conditions is met: + - TCP Port exhaustion + - Connection rate limits have been reached (read and write side). + [[PaddingStatistics]] **PaddingStatistics** **0**|**1**:: Relays and bridges only. When this option is enabled, Tor collects statistics for padding cells

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[tor/maint-0.4.6] Add missing ponctuation.
by ahf＠torproject.org 02 Nov '21

02 Nov '21

commit 9922116388b9904f248f8bfc4d013f4fd38c7972 Author: Alexander Færøy <ahf(a)torproject.org> Date: Tue Nov 2 15:26:09 2021 +0000 Add missing ponctuation. --- doc/man/tor.1.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/man/tor.1.txt b/doc/man/tor.1.txt index 19693ce2dc..109e70f2ba 100644 --- a/doc/man/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/man/tor.1.txt @@ -2782,7 +2782,7 @@ types of statistics that Tor relays collect and publish: If ExtraInfoStatistics is enabled, it can also put two more specific overload lines in the extra-info document if at least one of these conditions is met: - - TCP Port exhaustion + - TCP Port exhaustion. - Connection rate limits have been reached (read and write side). [[PaddingStatistics]] **PaddingStatistics** **0**|**1**::

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