commit db17344f15a9e02d041e9d51ff325133cc07007e Author: Isis Lovecruft <isis@torproject.org> Date: Thu Aug 3 18:20:22 2017 +0000 prop271: Clarify when guards may be added to {CONFIRMED_GUARDS}. --- proposals/271-another-guard-selection.txt | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/proposals/271-another-guard-selection.txt b/proposals/271-another-guard-selection.txt index a0fba19..38da000 100644 --- a/proposals/271-another-guard-selection.txt +++ b/proposals/271-another-guard-selection.txt @@ -389,7 +389,10 @@ marking guards as confirmed. —isis] Randomized as RAND(now, {GUARD_LIFETIME}/10). We add new members to {CONFIRMED_GUARDS} when we mark a circuit - built through a guard as "for user traffic." + built through a guard as "for user traffic." That is, a circuit is + considered for use for client traffic when we have decided that we + could attach a stream to it; at that point the guard for that + circuit SHOULD be added to {CONFIRMED_GUARDS}. Whenever we remove a member from {SAMPLED_GUARDS}, we also remove it from {CONFIRMED_GUARDS}.