[tor-bugs] #7799 [Tor]: Tor seems to build+timeout circuits for hours when offline/idle

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#7799: Tor seems to build+timeout circuits for hours when offline/idle
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 Reporter:  mr-4    |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect  |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal  |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  Tor     |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.4.7-alpha
 Keywords:          |         Parent:                    
   Points:          |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by mr-4):

 Replying to [comment:21 nickm]:
 > Weird. The one with two bridges in the .torrc gives me:
 > [...]
 > Four guards? What's up with that? I've only got two bridges.
 From experience, sometimes tor creates more than 1 "instance" (or
 connection) to a particular bridge. That usually happens when there is a
 peak load and there are many requests from the client (i.e. loading a web
 page containing lots of pictures), so the existing (single) bridge
 connection isn't enough to cope, so tor creates another one to the same
 bridge.

 If so, I suspect for each opened connection a new guard is needed, though
 I might be wrong as my understanding of the inner tor workings is close to
 nil.

 On a separate note and commenting on what Christian posted above - the
 (dmz) machine my tor is running on doesn't have any load issues - even
 though it is an old beat-up Pentium-based machine, it still takes quite a
 lot to slow it down, particularly when everything, including tor, is in
 "idle" state.

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