[tor-bugs] #20499 [Core Tor/Tor]: A running Tor won't update the microdesc consensus

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Wed Nov 2 06:47:51 UTC 2016


#20499: A running Tor won't update the microdesc consensus
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 Reporter:  rubiate       |          Owner:
     Type:  defect        |         Status:  new
 Priority:  High          |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.9.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.9.4-alpha
 Severity:  Normal        |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  regression    |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                |         Points:
 Reviewer:                |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by teor):

 Replying to [comment:24 rubiate]:
 > Replying to [comment:19 arma]:
 > > What is wrong with your relay set-up such that they both fail to get a
 consensus at bootstrap? :)
 >
 > Ah, no, they both got a perfectly good consensus at startup. The
 "failures" every minute after that are from them having a fresh consensus,
 requesting a new one anyway and getting 304 Not Modified in response.

 So your reverted relay is bad: it retries 5 times every hour, when it
 should only try once an hour.
 And your bad relay is also bad: it retries never, when it should at least
 try once an hour.

 I opened #20535 for this.

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