[tor-bugs] #16958 [Flashproxy]: facilitator query URL keeps growing longer with duplicates

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#16958: facilitator query URL keeps growing longer with duplicates
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     Reporter:  Arthur2e5   |      Owner:  dcf
         Type:  defect      |     Status:  closed
     Priority:  normal      |  Milestone:
    Component:  Flashproxy  |    Version:
   Resolution:  not a bug   |   Keywords:
Actual Points:              |  Parent ID:
       Points:              |
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Changes (by dcf):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => not a bug


Comment:

 This is expected. You get two copies of each client
 [https://gitweb.torproject.org/flashproxy.git/tree/proxy/flashproxy.js?id=e73702e769db1ab1e02f7e2ab152cebde6e9b2b7#n67
 because of this]:
 {{{
 /* Start two connections because some versions of Tor make two PT
 connections:
 https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2012-December/004221.html
 https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/7733 */
 var CONNECTIONS_PER_CLIENT = 2
 }}}
 As long as the client appears in the facilitator query URL, it means you
 are still actively providing service to that client. They're not really
 "old." When the client disconnects, it will disappear from the URL.
 There's a
 [https://gitweb.torproject.org/flashproxy.git/tree/proxy/flashproxy.js?id=e73702e769db1ab1e02f7e2ab152cebde6e9b2b7#n71
 limit of 10 clients]; once the proxy reaches that limit, it will stop
 polling until one of the client disconnects. So the URL will not grow
 forever.

 Thanks for experimenting with flash proxy.

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