[tor-bugs] #25803 [Core Tor/Tor]: Infinite restart loop when daemon crashes

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#25803: Infinite restart loop when daemon crashes
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 Reporter:  tiejohg2sahth                     |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect                            |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                            |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                              |  unspecified
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                      |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                            |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  systemd, tor-relay, security-low  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                                    |         Points:  0.1
 Reviewer:                                    |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by arma):

 Replying to [comment:3 teor]:
 > It doesn't make sense to restart in any of the listed failure modes:

 I haven't learned much about systemd yet, so please ignore this if you
 have a better handle on things, but: in the past one of Tor's transient
 failure modes was that the system would start it before the system had set
 up its IP addresses (especially true with the world of ipv6), or before
 the system had set up its network interfaces, and if it just gave up right
 then, the system Tor would stay down. So retrying some times, especially
 at first boot, used to make sense.

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