[tor-bugs] #24740 [Core Tor/Tor]: Tor launches two requests for authority certificates on first bootstrap

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#24740: Tor launches two requests for authority certificates on first bootstrap
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 Reporter:  teor                                 |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.4.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-bootstrap, tor-bandwidth, easy,  |  Actual Points:
  intro                                          |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:  0.5
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  Sponsor8-can
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Comment (by fristonio):

 Which part of the codebase is this hinted request made in, what I got from
 the code is that when the bootstrapping process starts Tor parses the
 certificates first from the cached-certs file. Then Tor parses microdesc-
 consensus from the disk and sets the current consensus based on them
 during this process it launches certificate fetch if not enough
 certificate are available to validate the consensus. Then it reloads the
 router list after this we set up periodic callbacks. I couldn't locate
 where the hinted request is made. Any help :)

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