[tor-bugs] #12205 [Tor]: Document magic numbers at entry_is_time_to_retry()
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#12205: Document magic numbers at entry_is_time_to_retry()
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Reporter: asn | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: trivial | Milestone: Tor: 0.2.6.x-final
Component: Tor | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords: tor-guard
Actual Points: | Parent ID:
Points: |
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Changes (by asn):
* priority: minor => trivial
Comment:
FWIW, this is actually documented in `path-spec.txt`:
{{{
If Tor fails to connect to an otherwise usable guard, it retries
periodically: every hour for six hours, every 4 hours for 3 days, every
18 hours for a week, and every 36 hours thereafter. Additionally, Tor
retries unreachable guards the first time it adds a new guard to the
list,
since it is possible that the old guards were only marked as unreachable
because the network was unreachable or down.
}}}
Still, it might be worth mentioning this in the code.
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