[tor-bugs] #24826 [Core Tor/Tor]: LZMA- and Zstandard compressed consensus diffs stall Tor Browser launch for at least 20s or break it entirely

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#24826: LZMA- and Zstandard compressed consensus diffs stall Tor Browser launch for
at least 20s or break it entirely
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 Reporter:  gk            |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect        |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium        |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.3.3.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal        |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #22341        |         Points:
 Reviewer:                |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by nickm):

 So if it's happening with gzip, maybe it's something in the consensus diff
 application.  But ... 17 seconds seems ridiculously long.

 I'm going to try this myself, with some extra log messages.

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