[tor-bugs] #17773 [Core Tor/Tor]: Should clients avoid using guards that lost the Guard flag?

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#17773: Should clients avoid using guards that lost the Guard flag?
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 Reporter:  arma               |          Owner:  arma
     Type:  enhancement        |         Status:  accepted
 Priority:  Medium             |      Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
Component:  Core Tor/Tor       |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal             |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-client guards  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                     |         Points:  medium?
 Reviewer:                     |        Sponsor:  SponsorV-can
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Comment (by arma):

 Replying to [comment:21 arma]:
 > > What is supposed to happen if the guard is set manually? Will tor
 refuse to build circuits?
 >
 > If you put a relay in your EntryNodes list, Tor should never care
 whether it has the Guard flag. See the code snippet from asn above where
 it checks {{{routerset_contains_node(options->EntryNodes,node)}}}.

 But see #22204 for a bug in the new design that prevents you from
 requesting any relays for your first hop that don't have the Guard flag
 right now. :(

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