[tor-bugs] #20615 [Core Tor/Tor]: Your Guard is failing an extremely large amounts of circuits.

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#20615: Your Guard is failing an extremely large amounts of circuits.
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 Reporter:  bug_bunny     |          Owner:
     Type:  defect        |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium        |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.3.1.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.8.9
 Severity:  Normal        |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  performance   |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                |         Points:
 Reviewer:                |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by cypherpunks):

 * keywords:   => performance
 * milestone:  Tor: 0.2.9.x-final => Tor: 0.3.1.x-final


Comment:

 On a fresh TBB 7.0a4 installation Tor messages appear with every start:
 {{{
 Tor NOTICE: Your Guard PrasketTor3
 ($3A574F1E28F78CDA49975C2B20B6709AA0219C87) is failing more circuits than
 usual. Most likely this means the Tor network is overloaded. Success
 counts are 106/153. Use counts are 45/60. 146 circuits completed, 15 were
 unusable, 25 collapsed, and 102 timed out. For reference, your timeout
 cutoff is 60 seconds.
 Tor NOTICE: Your Guard PrasketTor3
 ($3A574F1E28F78CDA49975C2B20B6709AA0219C87) is failing to carry more
 streams on its circuits than usual. Most likely this means the Tor network
 is overloaded or your network connection is poor. Use counts are 45/60.
 Success counts are 110/157. 150 circuits completed, 15 were unusable, 25
 collapsed, and 102 timed out. For reference, your timeout cutoff is 60
 seconds.
 }}}
 And there are timeouts/etc even when browsing through the Trac.
 Other TBB installations are working fine. So it is that US Guard sucks.
 But as guards are persistent now, it looks like a punishment to the user,
 and he blames Tor Browser.
 What is the correct way to workaround it in GUI from the user's side?

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