[tor-bugs] #1890 [Tor Directory Authority]: Tor failed to make a consensus 2010/08/29 17:00

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#1890: Tor failed to make a consensus 2010/08/29 17:00
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 Reporter:  Sebastian                |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect                   |         Status:  needs_information 
 Priority:  major                    |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.3.x-final
Component:  Tor Directory Authority  |        Version:                    
 Keywords:                           |         Parent:                    
   Points:                           |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by arma):

 Replying to [comment:20 nickm]:
 > Does any of this info help answer my questions about what was going on
 here? (synchonization issues, delays transmitting, bugs in timing, other?)

 For the original report, it looks like gabelmoo was somehow wedged such
 that it took between 75 and 105 seconds for people to publish their vote
 to it. See comment 5 for when it noticed that it was napping for 2-3
 minutes. This still-unexplained wedging triggered synchronization problems
 in agreeing about the consensus.

 If I had to guess about the wedging, I would guess some sort of VM/VPS
 bug. Distant second guess might be a libevent bug.

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