[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 teor):

 Replying to [comment:19 arma]:
 > In the user support mails, they are sending us the output of "copy logs
 to clipboard". Those logs come from events, right?
 >
 > I think for many of the users, Tor is stuck in a loop where it tries to
 fetch a directory object, gets upset about its clock and aborts that try,
 and then does it again a little while later. So even if Tor Launcher
 misses the first few iterations of that loop, there are plenty more
 iterations after that.

 About 7 tries in the first 30 seconds, and then it gives up for a while.

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