On Tue, Jun 04, 2024 at 05:24:50PM GMT, Roger Dingledine wrote:
Having a relay downtime of 2-4 weeks though could really increase the time until you get flags like Guard back, due to some design flaws in how the directory authorities track stability.
I don't mind about the Guard flag, the relay seldom had it because the connection was not very stable (had the flag every now and then for maybe 2 month in total spanning >2 years). But does using the same keys after a long downtime cause significantly worse performance (meaning being underused) than going through all the lifecycle of a new relay [1] with new keys?
(The simple version of the issue is: we treat downtime as much more serious than not-existing-yet.)
Is there any resource with the difficult version? I don't really need it but it would be nice to know. :)
[1]: Just for reference in case someone else reads this thread: https://blog.torproject.org/lifecycle-of-a-new-relay/
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