[tor-bugs] #15866 [BridgeDB]: BridgeDB has less bridges because the BridgeAuthority appears to be giving it incorrect networkstatuses

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#15866: BridgeDB has less bridges because the BridgeAuthority appears to be giving
it incorrect networkstatuses
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     Reporter:  isis     |      Owner:  isis
         Type:  defect   |     Status:  closed
     Priority:           |  Milestone:
  critical               |    Version:
    Component:           |   Keywords:  bridgedb-parsers, bridgedb-dist,
  BridgeDB               |  bridgeauth, tor-auth, bridgedb-0.3.2
   Resolution:  fixed    |  Parent ID:
Actual Points:           |
       Points:           |
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Comment (by arma):

 Ok, I just explored what I think is the cause of this bug. I believe Tor
 is behaving as expected.

 Specifically, Tonga is writing a networkstatus file each hour, with a
 stanza for each relay that is a) sufficiently recent (within the past 24
 hours) and b) it has known about long enough to test.

 Isis just gave me a list of descriptors that were "left out" of the
 networkstatus, and they were all descriptors that fail to meet 'a' and 'b'
 above.

 So I think the networkstatus is correct, and we should continue to ignore
 old descriptors that aren't mentioned in the networkstatus.

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