[tor-bugs] #20082 [Core Tor/Tor]: Lower initial descriptor upload delay for ephemeral services

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#20082: Lower initial descriptor upload delay for ephemeral services
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 Reporter:  twim                                 |          Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                          |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_review
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.2.???
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-hs, research, proposal-needed?,  |  Actual Points:
  TorCoreTeam201609                              |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  SponsorR-can
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Changes (by twim):

 * status:  needs_revision => needs_review


Comment:

 Okay, getting back on results.
 I have tested meek and it works fine.  Despite me trying, I got no events
 when descriptor gets dirty. For sure this should be tested in even more
 crazy network environment than mine.

 At the moment I removed __initial posting delay__ and it still works fine.
 Because startup time gets revealed anyway (#20262) I removed dead code
 that was supposed to introduce random initial delay.
 Also it drops a warning when new 3s stabilizing period is too small (`3s <
 was_stable_for < 30s`).

 Please see the last two patches.
 Would be thankful for any feedback on this.

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