[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..."

Mon Dec 25 22:59:39 UTC 2017

#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:  (none)
     Type:  defect                             |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                             |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                               |  unspecified
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                       |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                             |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-hs circuit-management scaling  |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by teor):

 This message is likely due to the network being overloaded. There's not
 much you can do about it, we're trying to fix it on the relay side over
 the next few weeks.

 This kind of network overload is one reason people shouldn't increase
 MaxClientCircuitsPending.

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