[tor-bugs] #24113 [Core Tor/Tor]: We stop trying to download an md after 8 failed tries

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#24113: We stop trying to download an md after 8 failed tries
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     Reporter:  asn        |      Owner:  (none)
         Type:  defect     |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium     |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.3.2.x-final
    Component:  Core       |    Version:  Tor: 0.3.0.6
  Tor/Tor                  |
     Severity:  Normal     |   Keywords:  tor-guard, tor-bridge, tor-client
Actual Points:             |  Parent ID:  #21969
       Points:             |   Reviewer:
      Sponsor:             |
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 The config var `TestingMicrodescMaxDownloadTries` specifies the amount of
 times we are willing to try to download an md before we give up. It's set
 to 8 on the real network and 80 on the testnet.

 This interacts badly with #21969 since if we fail to fetch a primary guard
 md more than 8 times we will give up on it and refuse to bootstrap.

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