[tor-bugs] #3443 [Tor]: Client with low CBT can't establish any circuits

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#3443: Client with low CBT can't establish any circuits
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 Reporter:  arma                                   |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect                                 |         Status:  needs_review      
 Priority:  major                                  |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  Tor                                    |        Version:                    
 Keywords:  regression tor-client MikePerry201210  |         Parent:                    
   Points:                                         |   Actualpoints:  5                 
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Comment(by mikeperry):

 Hrmm.. On further consideration, I think I want to limit arma's hack some
 more. It's actually going to be a quite common situation that a user will
 walk away from their computer, Tor will decide to stop building circuits,
 and then when they come back, it's going to use a slower circuit than it
 should with probability of something like (0.20/available_circuits).

 We should avoid actually using a circuit that has its relaxed_timeout bit
 set if other circuits are available... I wonder if there are other ways to
 avoid this situation, too?

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