[tor-bugs] #16844 [Core Tor/Tor]: Slow clients can't bootstrap because they expire their consensus fetch but then receive all the bytes from it anyway, making them expire their next fetch, putting them in a terrible loop (was: Duplicate directory fetches when on high-latency connection)

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#16844: Slow clients can't bootstrap because they expire their consensus fetch but
then receive all the bytes from it anyway, making them expire their next
fetch, putting them in a terrible loop
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 Reporter:  arma                                 |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.2.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-client, low-bandwidth, sponsor4  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:  2
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  Sponsor4
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Changes (by arma):

 * milestone:  Tor: unspecified => Tor: 0.3.2.x-final


Comment:

 Nick asked me to give this one a more dire title.

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