Hi,
I'm currently working on a TorWeather replacement (mainly using a byproduct of another project) that should be helpful for relay operators to get notifications about their relay downtimes and other issues. I believe such a service will contribute to a more healthy tor network and better informed operators leading to less relays running on old vulnerable and end-of-life tor versions.
For those that did not have the chance to use TorWeather in the past before it died due to lack of a maintainer: It was a simple software as a service for relay operators that allowed them to subscribe for email notifications in case their relay dropped out of consensus (and a few more use-cases).
The service will be for the operator of the relay(s). Subscribing and notifications will be aggregated by operators, meaning if multiple relays from a single operator go down at the same time, it will produce a single notification only (instead of one per relay). If a new relay gets added by an operator no additional steps are required to get notification for the newly added relays.
You can rate the items below with these levels: (off-list replies are fine as well)
1 = must have 2 = should have 3 = nice to have
The system will use the email address in your CIISS email field, which implies it is public. How important are private (non-public) ways to subscribe to notifications for you? (non-public email address)
TorWeather used to have an option where the operator was able to specify after what amount of downtime they would get a notification. I would simply go with a single static value: "2 consensus are missing your relays" (2 hours) -> notify. How important are configurable downtime periods to you and what timeframe would you choose?
I'm primarily focusing on notifications about "changed to the worse" (i.e. up -> down; ok -> eol). How important are recovery notifications (i.e. down -> up) to you?
What would be the next most useful/important notification use-case for you after - relay dropped out of consensus - relay is running a vulnerable/end-of-life tor release - relay lost guard/exit flag
The first notification method will be email. How important would be matrix as a second notification method to you? Would you use one or multiple notification methods at the same time?
kind regards, nusenu