[tor-bugs] #25347 [Core Tor/Tor]: Tor stops building circuits, and doesn't start when it has enough directory information

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#25347: Tor stops building circuits, and doesn't start when it has enough directory
information
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 Reporter:  teor                                 |          Owner:  asn
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_revision
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.3.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.0.6
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  031-backport, 032-backport,          |  Actual Points:
  033-must, tor-guard, tor-client, tbb-          |
  usability-website, tbb-needs,                  |
  033-triage-20180320, 033-included-20180320     |
Parent ID:  #21969                               |         Points:  1
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by teor):

 Replying to [comment:22 teor]:
 > Replying to [comment:21 asn]:
 > > Replying to some of the high-level comments of arma:
 > >
 > > Replying to [comment:18 arma]:
 > > > (F) Are you sure that the proposed branch is related to the topic of
 this ticket? The ticket title and body seem quite different from what the
 branch does. That makes me wonder if maybe we're not actually solving the
 original bug report. :)
 > > >
 > >
 > > This patch is meant to address the second paragraph of the ticket
 body, and also is meant to directly fix the issue that s7r (and others)
 encountered in #21969. My understanding is that this is the main guard
 issue right now, and not the fact that clients can run out of md retries.
 Do you think this is true, teor?
 >
 > We removed all retry limits when we removed the legacy static download
 schedule code. So clients can't run out of md retries any more. (I can't
 find the ticket right now, but we did merge the patch.)

 It's #23814 in 0.3.3.4-alpha.

 > So yes, failing to reconnect is a major guard issue. I don't know if
 there are any others.

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