[tor-bugs] #25208 [Core Tor/Tor]: Relays can upload a new descriptor every 2 minutes

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#25208: Relays can upload a new descriptor every 2 minutes
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 Reporter:  teor                     |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect                   |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                   |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.3.3.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor             |        Version:  Tor: 0.3.3.1-alpha
 Severity:  Normal                   |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-dos-related? crash?  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                           |         Points:  1
 Reviewer:                           |        Sponsor:
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Old description:

> Two relays started publishing descriptors every 2 minutes, and this
> caused issues for Metrics-lib:
> https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/metrics-
> team/2018-February/000661.html
>
> Maybe it's a crashing bug in 0.3.3.1-alpha?
>
> In any case, we should probably restrict relays to a few (~6?)
> descriptors per hour, and enforce this limit using the state file.

New description:

 Two relays started publishing descriptors every 2 minutes, and this caused
 issues for Metrics-lib:
 https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/metrics-
 team/2018-February/000661.html

 Maybe it's a crashing bug in 0.3.3.1-alpha?

 In any case, we should probably restrict relays to a few (~6?) descriptors
 per ~~hour~~ consensus interval, and enforce this limit using the state
 file.

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Comment (by teor):

 In test networks, we should use the consensus interval, and not hard-code
 one hour.

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