[tor-bugs] #2550 [Torflow]: bwauth should reschedule quicker bandwidth test when bandwidthrate changes?

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#2550: bwauth should reschedule quicker bandwidth test when bandwidthrate changes?
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  Reporter:  arma         |              Owner:  mikeperry
      Type:  enhancement  |             Status:  new      
  Priority:  normal       |          Milestone:           
 Component:  Torflow      |            Version:           
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Comment(by mikeperry):

 So which value do we want to give him? We can only measure him about once
 every day at best, but probably more like every two or three.. So we
 basically have to decide when we choose to actually measure relays like
 this.

 If we measure him during his burst period and give him the fast value,
 clients who use him when his capacity is lower will be crushed and have
 poor access. If we measure him during his slow period, he will be a faster
 relay to use at some points, but never a crushingly poor relay to use.

 The second option seems best to me, but how do we even detect this
 pattern? It sounds like we need to do some sort of analysis on descriptors
 over time to even figure this out. A single descriptor won't even tell us
 this, right?

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