[tor-users] socks proxy and IPv6 connections

Hello!

I tried to use the socks5 proxy in applications like Pale Moon. I noticed that when using IPv6 only targets like http://%5B2600:1901:0:b2bd::%5D/ip, it doesn't connect all the time. I assume TOR itself chose a circuit that doesn't have an IPv6 capable exit.

I also noticed that when the exit has IPv6 capability, it prefers IPv4 if a hostname is being used.

This can also be checked with https://dorfdsl.de/ip.php

I also checked that behavior with a local installed danted, it prefers IPv6 with that.

If I query the IP in TOR metrics, I see that the exit is IPv6 capable.

Is that cause by the socks client or by the TOR daemon itself?