[tor-bugs] #26930 [Core Tor/Tor]: Potential thundering herd HS upload once a day with hsv3

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#26930: Potential thundering herd HS upload once a day with hsv3
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 Reporter:  asn                                  |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.5.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:  not a
 Keywords:  tor-hs hsv3 thundering-herd          |  bug
  performance network-health                     |  Actual Points:
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 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by dgoulet):

 * status:  needs_information => closed
 * resolution:   => not a bug


Comment:

 I concur with asn here. Because a tor client downloads the consensus at a
 "random time" (within a timeframe), we end up with a bit of random when
 uploading the descriptors.

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