[metrics-bugs] #33649 [Metrics/Consensus Health]: Show progress towards flags on consensus health

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#33649: Show progress towards flags on consensus health
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     Reporter:  teor                      |      Owner:  tom
         Type:  enhancement               |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                    |  Milestone:
    Component:  Metrics/Consensus Health  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal                    |   Keywords:  network-health
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 Relay operators often ask us why they don't have a particular flag. For
 example:
 https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2020-March/018253.html

 When a relay doesn't have a flag, we could show relay operators how close
 their relay is to getting that flag. Showing progress would also help us
 diagnose hard-to-find bugs in tor.

 This could be a project that we do in stages.

 Here's a sketch of the flag-thresholds and per-relay vote data we'd need:

 Fast:
 * bandwidth
   * w Measured
     * (what happens for relays that aren't measured?)
   * fast-speed

 Stable:
 * uptime
   * add an uptime line to votes in tor
   * stable-uptime
 * mtbf
   * add a mtbf line to votes in tor
   * stable-mtbf
 * show both uptime and mtbf fractions

 Guard:
 * needs Fast
 * needs Stable
 * wfu - same as uptime?
   * add a wfu line to votes in tor
   * guard-wfu
 * tk - what is this?
   * add a tk line to votes in tor
   * guard-tk
 * is there a bandwidth or mtbf requirement for guards?
 * show wfu and tk fractions
 * show if it needs Fast and Stable - are these flags implied by wfu and
 tk?

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