[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_revision
 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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Comment (by twim):

 Replying to [comment:17 teor]:
 > > By the way, when I was testing this patch I found out that 3s in
 enough for an onion service to stabilize and is much better for UX
 compared to 5s.
 >
 > 3s from a desktop or VPS on a fast network in North America or Europe?
 > I'd be keen on some testing on mobile and in other countries, if we want
 to push the delay as low as it can go.

 From an old desktop over obfs4 bridge and shitty WiFi connection. Don't
 think that it would be totally different on mobile (Orbot).
 Also meek should be tested since there are some inherent HTTP delays up to
 1s (AFAIK).

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