[tor-bugs] #14006 [Core Tor/Tor]: Hidden service error: "We'd like to launch a circuit to handle a connection, but we already have 32 general-purpose client circuits..."

Tue Dec 20 18:12:36 UTC 2016

#14006: Hidden service error: "We'd like to launch a circuit to handle a
connection, but we already have 32 general-purpose client circuits..."
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 Reporter:  asn                                |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                             |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                             |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                               |  unspecified
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                       |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                             |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-hs, tor-03-unspecified-201612  |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by alecmuffett):

 > However, without understanding what these pending circuits are and why
 they are there, it's hard to fix the root cause

 I am using OnionBalance by Donncha to fetch the descriptors for $many Tor
 onion sites.

 He's suggested that we can batch the fetches, which would perhaps help?

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