[tor-bugs] #9675 [Applications/Tor Launcher]: Provide feedback mechanism for clock-skew and other bad problems

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#9675: Provide feedback mechanism for clock-skew and other bad problems
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 Reporter:  lunar                                |          Owner:  brade
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  assigned
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Launcher            |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-3.0, extdev-interview, tbb-      |  Actual Points:
  helpdesk-frequent, tbb-usability,              |
  AffectsTails                                   |
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Comment (by mcs):

 Replying to [comment:16 arma]:
 > I would say this is the #1 usability problem in terms of user support
 mails that arrive to execdir at .

 I guess that is not too surprising.
 Kathy and I looked at adding support for CLOCK_SKEW events a couple of
 months ago but then got interrupted with other work. But if I remember
 correctly, we found that Tor Launcher misses the CLOCK_SKEW event that
 happens early during tor startup for the same reason Tor Launcher misses
 other things: it is not connected to the control port yet. That means our
 best hope at the moment for fixing this problem is #21542 (which would
 allow Tor Launcher to capture log messages via stderr).

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