[tor-bugs] #3942 [Tor Client]: Tor client "Decided to publish new relay descriptor"

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#3942: Tor client "Decided to publish new relay descriptor"
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 Reporter:  fk          |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect      |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  minor       |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.3.x-final
Component:  Tor Client  |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.3.3-alpha
 Keywords:              |         Parent:                    
   Points:              |   Actualpoints:                    
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 When logging at info level, my Tor client informs be about once per minute
 that it decided to publish a relay descriptor:

 fk at r500 ~ $grep 'Decided to publish new relay' /usr/jails/tor-
 jail/usr/local/var/log/tor/info.log | tail
 Sep 06 22:42:16.255 [info] {OR} mark_my_descriptor_dirty(): Decided to
 publish new relay descriptor: time for new descriptor
 Sep 06 22:43:17.256 [info] {OR} mark_my_descriptor_dirty(): Decided to
 publish new relay descriptor: time for new descriptor
 Sep 06 22:44:18.256 [info] {OR} mark_my_descriptor_dirty(): Decided to
 publish new relay descriptor: time for new descriptor
 Sep 06 22:45:19.255 [info] {OR} mark_my_descriptor_dirty(): Decided to
 publish new relay descriptor: time for new descriptor
 Sep 06 22:46:20.256 [info] {OR} mark_my_descriptor_dirty(): Decided to
 publish new relay descriptor: time for new descriptor
 Sep 06 22:47:21.256 [info] {OR} mark_my_descriptor_dirty(): Decided to
 publish new relay descriptor: time for new descriptor
 Sep 06 22:48:22.256 [info] {OR} mark_my_descriptor_dirty(): Decided to
 publish new relay descriptor: time for new descriptor
 Sep 06 22:49:23.254 [info] {OR} mark_my_descriptor_dirty(): Decided to
 publish new relay descriptor: time for new descriptor
 Sep 06 22:50:24.256 [info] {OR} mark_my_descriptor_dirty(): Decided to
 publish new relay descriptor: time for new descriptor
 Sep 06 22:51:25.256 [info] {OR} mark_my_descriptor_dirty(): Decided to
 publish new relay descriptor: time for new descriptor

 Given that it isn't actually a relay, that seems odd.

 It's my impression that nothing actually gets published, though,
 at least (when idle), the log looks like this:

 Sep 06 22:56:30.255 [info] {OR} mark_my_descriptor_dirty(): Decided to
 publish new relay descriptor: time for new descriptor
 Sep 06 22:56:30.255 [info] {DIR} routerlist_remove_old_routers(): We have
 2804 live routers and 0 old router descriptors.
 Sep 06 22:57:31.255 [info] {OR} mark_my_descriptor_dirty(): Decided to
 publish new relay descriptor: time for new descriptor
 Sep 06 22:57:31.256 [info] {DIR} routerlist_remove_old_routers(): We have
 2804 live routers and 0 old router descriptors.
 Sep 06 22:58:32.256 [info] {OR} mark_my_descriptor_dirty(): Decided to
 publish new relay descriptor: time for new descriptor
 Sep 06 22:58:32.256 [info] {DIR} routerlist_remove_old_routers(): We have
 2804 live routers and 0 old router descriptors.
 Sep 06 22:59:33.256 [info] {OR} mark_my_descriptor_dirty(): Decided to
 publish new relay descriptor: time for new descriptor

 No messages from router_pick_published_address(), which I see on actual
 relays.

 Another reason is 'config change', but it appears a lot less frequently.

 It looks like the messages started to appear with Tor 0.2.3.2-alpha,
 but I only noticed them after the upgrade to 0.2.3.3-alpha.

 I didn't get any such messages with Tor 0.2.3.1-alpha.

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