[tor-bugs] #15523 [meek]: Meek with google is much slower in TBB 4.0.5 than in TBB 4.0.3

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#15523: Meek with google is much slower in TBB 4.0.5 than in TBB 4.0.3
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     Reporter:  cypherpunks  |      Owner:  dcf
         Type:  defect       |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:
    Component:  meek         |    Version:
   Resolution:               |   Keywords:
Actual Points:               |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by dcf):

 Try enabling logging in meek-client.

 Edit the file Browser/TorBrowser/Data/Tor/torrc-defaults. Change the lines
 {{{
 ## meek configuration
 ClientTransportPlugin meek exec ./TorBrowser/Tor/PluggableTransports/meek-
 client-torbrowser -- ./TorBrowser/Tor/PluggableTransports/meek-client
 }}}
 to
 {{{
 ## meek configuration
 ClientTransportPlugin meek exec ./TorBrowser/Tor/PluggableTransports/meek-
 client-torbrowser --log meek-client-torbrowser.txt --
 ./TorBrowser/Tor/PluggableTransports/meek-client --log meek-client.txt
 }}}
 Then restart Tor Browser and try browsing. It will create two files,
 Browser/meek-client.txt and Browser/meek-client-torbrowser.txt. What you
 might see is some log messages that look like this. If you have many log
 messages like this, it probably explains the slowness:
 {{{
 status code was 500, not 200; trying again after 30 seconds (9)
 }}}

 Not much changed in meek between 4.0.3 and 4.0.5. I think it was only
 #14203 and #15428. Perhaps it was only a temporary network problem. The
 log files will help determine whether that was the case.

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