[tor-bugs] #5381 [Tor Client]: Funny timing (exactly 60 min) for establishing Tor circuit with exit node restriction in current alpha version

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#5381: Funny timing (exactly 60 min) for establishing Tor circuit with exit node
restriction in current alpha version
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 Reporter:  linda       |          Owner:                     
     Type:  defect      |         Status:  new                
 Priority:  normal      |      Milestone:                     
Component:  Tor Client  |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.3.12-alpha
 Keywords:              |         Parent:                     
   Points:              |   Actualpoints:                     
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 I have experienced funny (and too long!) timing for establishing a Tor
 circuit when specifying exit nodes in the U.S. with the current alpha
 version Tor v0.2.3.12-alpha (git-800942b4176ca31c).  The timing is always
 60 minutes for 3 trials I did on March 12 (screenshot attached).

 If I run the current stable version Tor v0.2.2.35 (git-73ff13ab3cc9570d)
 with the same .torrc/options, a circuit is established within 1 min.

 The options I'm using for the tor client are:

 {{{
 SocksPort 9060
 SocksListenAddress 127.0.0.1
 SafeLogging 0
 Log info file ./info.log
 Log debug file ./debug.log
 UseBridges 1
 Bridge 128.18.9.78888
 ExitNodes {us}
 StrictNodes 1
 }}}

 I looked at the progress and timing of circuit establishment using the
 following command:

 {{{
 $> tail -f info.log | grep Bootstrapped
 }}}

 I would like to use the alpha version in this configuration in order to
 run obfsproxy and obtain measurements on my client, so any help resolving
 this to circuit creation times in the range of a few minutes would be
 highly appreciated.

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