[tor-bugs] #17359 [Core Tor/Tor]: __DisablePredictedCircuits causes bootstrap to hang at "Connecting to Tor Network"

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#17359: __DisablePredictedCircuits causes bootstrap to hang at "Connecting to Tor
Network"
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 Reporter:  teor                               |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                             |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Low                                |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                               |  unspecified
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                       |        Version:
 Severity:  Minor                              |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-hs, tor-03-unspecified-201612  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                                     |         Points:  small
 Reviewer:                                     |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by teor):

 This is related to #21073, where `PredictedPortsRelevanceTime 0`
 eventually causes a tor hidden service to stop updating its descriptor.
 The root cause is that tor relies on predicted circuits to generate
 network activity, and network activity causes tor to perform certain
 actions on a regular basis.

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