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The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/main by this push: new 8fcdc4c63f Light editing to changes entries for 0.4.7.5-alpha 8fcdc4c63f is described below

commit 8fcdc4c63f5a44d67d825b072ba3cbbb8279f028 Author: Nick Mathewson nickm@torproject.org AuthorDate: Thu Mar 24 11:41:20 2022 -0400

Light editing to changes entries for 0.4.7.5-alpha --- changes/ticket40312 | 3 ++- changes/ticket40560 | 8 ++++---- changes/ticket40576 | 8 ++++---- changes/ticket40579 | 3 ++- 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/changes/ticket40312 b/changes/ticket40312 index ef572d0e69..c93ea2f351 100644 --- a/changes/ticket40312 +++ b/changes/ticket40312 @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ o Major bugfixes (relay, DNS): - Lower the DNS timeout from 3 attempts at 5 seconds each to 2 attempts at 1 seconds each. Two new consensus parameters were added to control these - values. See ticket for more details on why. Fixes bug 40312; bugfix on + values. This change should improve observed performance under DNS load; + see ticket for more details. Fixes bug 40312; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha. diff --git a/changes/ticket40560 b/changes/ticket40560 index 01dc134ed7..f323713d91 100644 --- a/changes/ticket40560 +++ b/changes/ticket40560 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ o Minor bugfixes (relay, overload): - - Use a fraction and assessment period of ntor handshake drops for the - overload general signal. Before that, a single drop could trigger an - overload state which was far from useful. Fixes bug 40560; bugfix on - 0.4.7.1-alpha. + - Decide whether to signal overload based on a fraction and + assessment period of ntor handshake drops. Previously, a single + drop could trigger an overload state, which caused many false + positives. Fixes bug 40560; bugfix on 0.4.7.1-alpha. diff --git a/changes/ticket40576 b/changes/ticket40576 index c9e3745560..fa4b1cd740 100644 --- a/changes/ticket40576 +++ b/changes/ticket40576 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ o Minor bugfixes (onion service congestion control): - - Avoid a non fatal assert in case we can't setup congestion control on the - rendezvous circuit after opening. Fixes bug 40576; bugfix on - 0.4.7.4-alpha. - + - Avoid a non-fatal assertion failure in the case where we fail to set up + congestion control on a rendezvous circuit. This could happen naturally + if a cache entry expired at an unexpected time. Fixes bug 40576; bugfix + on 0.4.7.4-alpha. diff --git a/changes/ticket40579 b/changes/ticket40579 index e2558c1102..3796290093 100644 --- a/changes/ticket40579 +++ b/changes/ticket40579 @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ o Minor bugfixes (onion service, client): - - Fix a fatal assert due to a guard subsystem recursion triggered by the + - Fix a rare but fatal assertion failure due to a guard subsystem + recursion triggered by the onion service client. Fixes bug 40579; bugfix on 0.3.5.1-alpha.