[tor-bugs] #11432 [Onionoo]: Start a bridge's uptime history when it was first listed in a status

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#11432: Start a bridge's uptime history when it was first listed in a status
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     Reporter:  karsten      |      Owner:  karsten
         Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  closed
     Priority:  minor        |  Milestone:
    Component:  Onionoo      |    Version:
   Resolution:  duplicate    |   Keywords:
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Changes (by karsten):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => duplicate


Comment:

 This is going to be implemented/obsolete with #15177.  Going through the
 description:

 > We're currently starting a relay's or bridge's uptime history when it
 was first listed in a network status with the Running flag.  We do this to
 avoid displaying an uptime of 0% when the relay or bridge didn't even
 exist.

 With #15177, we also add a relay or bridge to our uptime history if it's
 contained in a status without any flag, that is, even if it doesn't have
 the Running flag.

 > Turns out there are edge cases of bridges who are listed in the network
 status but without the Running flag.  Those bridges should be displayed
 with an uptime of 0%.

 These edge cases do exist, but we shouldn't display an uptime of 0% only
 because the bridge authority couldn't reach the bridge.  The bridge
 authority only tests reachability of a bridge's OR port, but an increasing
 number of bridges support one or more pluggable transports on different
 ports which the bridge authority doesn't test.  The Running flag is not as
 important anymore as a few years back.  These bridges should be displayed
 with an uptime of 100% if they are listed in the status, regardless of
 with or without the Running flag.

 > We need to store an additional data point for these bridges: when they
 were first listed in a status.  Our current data format doesn't support
 this, because we only store when a relay or bridge was listed as running.

 This implementation suggestion is now obsolete.

 > We'll want to have this feature for relays, too, because we're going to
 parse votes at some point, and then we may have relays that are contained
 in some or even all votes, but with too few Running flags to also make it
 into the consensus.

 It's unclear if we really want to include relays in the uptime history
 that did not make it into the consensus.

 All in all, I'm closing this ticket.  The summary "Start a bridge's uptime
 history when it was first listed in a status" is implemented with #15177.
 Resolving as near duplicate of #15177.

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