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Overloaded state indicator on relay-search
by Silvia/Hiro 19 Oct '21

19 Oct '21

Hello all, One of our goals with our current performance work is to reduce the overload of relays in the network. The implementation of proposal 328[1] a while back made different overload indicators available to relay operators and since a couple of weeks ago those can be tracked via Onionoo[2] as well. As we know that a lot of our relay operators use relay search to check for the health of their relays, we have launched a new feature there, too, to help them know when their relays are overloaded. When a relay is in the overloaded state we show an amber dot next to the relay nickname. Currently we are counting between 50 and 80 overloaded relays and between 10 and 20 overloaded bridges. The overloaded state is reached when one or many of the possible load metrics have been triggered. When this happens we show it for 72 hours after the relay has recovered [3]. Note, though, that not all of the exposed overload metrics are triggering the overload indicator on relay search yet. If you noticed your relay is overloaded, please check the following support article to find out how you can recover to a "normal" state: https://support.torproject.org/relay-operators/relay-bridge-overloaded/ Let us known how you find this new feature. Cheers, -hiro [1] https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/proposals/328-relay-overload… [2] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2021-August/003168.html [3] https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/dir-spec.txt#n637

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What is: Channel padding timeout scheduled
by Eddie 18 Oct '21

18 Oct '21

Noticed that one of my relays (OhNoAnotherRelay02) is showing as off-line. Looking at the logs, I see a bunch of these messages: Oct 18 08:39:16.000 [notice] Channel padding timeout scheduled 143041ms in the past. Oct 18 08:39:21.000 [notice] Channel padding timeout scheduled 156925ms in the past. Oct 18 08:39:24.000 [notice] Channel padding timeout scheduled 168712ms in the past. Oct 18 08:39:25.000 [notice] Channel padding timeout scheduled 166895ms in the past. . . . Oct 18 10:18:48.000 [notice] Channel padding timeout scheduled 194581ms in the past. Oct 18 10:35:22.000 [notice] Channel padding timeout scheduled 216311ms in the past. Oct 18 10:35:30.000 [notice] Channel padding timeout scheduled 224267ms in the past. What's the cause of this. I used this downtime as an excuse to do a bunch of upgrades and a re-boot. Cheers.

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help with exit
by Bass Down Low 17 Oct '21

17 Oct '21

Hi all, I am somewhat new to the project and trying to run a couple exits to help out. I noticed my relay amazinglizard F80494CE5B2441B67431FFA9CCA571D26BC4F6D8 has bee up for 4 days and not turned into an exit yet. I noticed the overload flag is present, does this prefent my relay from becoming an exit? If not, I would appreciate any help you can give. thank you very much

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Tor automatic restart
by Keifer Bly 11 Oct '21

11 Oct '21

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Updating from Ubuntu 20.04 using apt-secure
by John Csuti 11 Oct '21

11 Oct '21

Hello all, I recently went to update and upgrade my system and found that the certificate for deb.torproject.org is expired and no longer trusted? Is anyone else having this issue and is there a way to fix this. I also added the repo to a fresh install of ubuntu 20.04 and got the same error. Error Err:5 https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org focal Release Certificate verification failed: The certificate is NOT trusted. The certificate chain uses expired certificate. Could not handshake: Error in the certificate verification. [IP: 95.216.163.36 443] Thanks, John Csuti +1 (216) 633-1279

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Restarting Tor
by sysmanager7 10 Oct '21

10 Oct '21

Greetings All, I have three relays that are in need of an upgrade and reboot. What is the best way to restart these relays without loosing flags or time? Secondly how long can a relay be down before flags are dropped? Thank you for any help! Sysop Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/) Secure Email.

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relayor v21.1.0 is released
by nusenu 10 Oct '21

10 Oct '21

Hi, relayor v21.1.0 is released. relayor is an ansible role that helps you with running tor relays with minimal effort (automate everything). https://github.com/nusenu/ansible-relayor Changes since relayor v21.0.1 https://github.com/nusenu/ansible-relayor/releases/tag/v21.1.0 - generate ContactInfo v2 proof files for easy publishing (if enabled) - update apt cache if it is older than one day before installing dependencies (patch by @tsekityam) #219 #220 - increase min. ansible version 2.9.13 -> 2.9.23 - increase min. tor version 0.3.5 -> 0.4.5 - Debian 11, FreeBSD 13 and OpenBSD 6.9 are supported kind regards, nusenu -- https://nusenu.github.io

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Connection Reset and IO Timeout errors on 0.4.6.7 with libnss
by theintern 09 Oct '21

09 Oct '21

Has anyone else on this list had issues with compiled versions of 0.4.6.7 in which the --enable-libnss is enabled?

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Unreachable DirPorts
by Arlen Yaroslav 08 Oct '21

08 Oct '21

Hi to all relay operators! I run two Tor relays: 77D08850C1EE8587451F838D3F49874F75B0B1AC 09A70E396DE93F54D4541BBB0EC8E2B23761F34F They both have DirPorts configured on port 80. I can connect to this port on both hosts externally. However, Relay Search is showing the ports as either unreachable or unconfigured and is not showing the 'Latest server descriptor' and 'Latest extra-info descriptor' buttons at the bottom of the page. Would anyone be able help me troubleshoot this? Many thanks and regards, Arlen

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Re: [tor-relays] Overloaded state indicator on relay-search
by Gary C. New 05 Oct '21

05 Oct '21

David Goulet: Will you confirm whether the Advertised Bandwidth metric is also client initiated (I'm assuming to the Directory Authority)? I have a 250Mb pipe and have seen a maximum Advertised Bandwidth rate of 4MB/s with my Tor relay. I know resource constraint must be factored in, but I would expect better than 4MB/s. I believe I remember reading it was based on an average 10 second burst rate, but in what direction is the connection initiated? Thanks, again. Gary

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