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

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#20082: Lower initial descriptor upload delay for hidden services
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 Reporter:  twim                                 |          Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                          |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_revision
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.0.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-hs, research, proposal-needed?,  |  Actual Points:
  TorCoreTeam201610, 030-proposed                |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
 Reviewer:  teor                                 |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  SponsorR-can
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Changes (by teor):

 * reviewer:   => teor
 * milestone:  Tor: 0.2.??? => Tor: 0.3.0.x-final


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:26 twim]:
 > Replying to [comment:25 teor]:
 >
 > > Removed references to rend_service_reveal_startup_time():
 > > * there are references in the comments as well. grep is your friend.
 > > Add REND_DIRTY_DESC_STABILIZING_PERIOD_TESTING
 > > * The logic here is inverted: the testing period needs to be used when
 TestingTorNetwork is 1.
 >
 > Thanks, good catches! Fixed.
 >
 > > In future, please add a short message to the commit saying what's
 changed.
 > > (These ones look like they will squash nicely into one commit, so no
 need to fix them.)
 > These ones are supposed to be squashed. There is no need to store thashy
 commits in `master`. ;)

 These all look good.

 > > This also needs a changes file. See tor/changes/ for examples, or read
 doc/HACKING/CodingStandards.md
 > Yeap, added changes file. As always, not sure about 'feature on ...'
 string.

 We don't use "feature on", only "bugfix on". And the changes file is
 usually shorter.

 Here's what I suggest we write for the changes file - they can be hard to
 get right:
 {{{
 o Minor features (onion services):
   - Reduce onion service initial descriptor upload delay from 30s to 3s.
     If descriptor changes too soon after this (< 30s), log a warning about
     unreliable network connections. Closes ticket 20082.
 o Minor bugfixes (onion services):
   - Remove code that claimed to introduce an initial descriptor upload
 delay,
     but never actually worked. Closes ticket 12500, bugfix on
 tor-0.0.9pre6.
 }}}

 Here are the commands I used to find which release the bug was introduced
 in:
 {{{
 git blame src/or/rendservice.c
 (look at the commits that changed the function)
 git show 4b76fe803
 git describe --contains 4b76fe8
 }}}

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