[tor-bugs] #12450 [Tor]: Network down race condition might lead to primary guards getting skipped

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#12450: Network down race condition might lead to primary guards getting skipped
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     Reporter:  asn      |      Owner:
         Type:  defect   |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal   |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.5.x-final
    Component:  Tor      |    Version:
   Resolution:           |   Keywords:  tor-client tor-guard 025-backport
Actual Points:           |  024-backport
       Points:           |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by asn):

 nick, I need to think more about reasonable fixes for this (that don't
 have unpredictable side effects)

 FWIW, more information about this bug can be found in a related tor-dev
 post:
 https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-June/007042.html

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