[tor-bugs] #31425 [Circumvention/Snowflake]: Snowflake broker is sluggish and sometimes fails

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#31425: Snowflake broker is sluggish and sometimes fails
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 Reporter:  cohosh                   |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect                   |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  Low                      |      Milestone:
Component:  Circumvention/Snowflake  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                   |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  broker                   |  Actual Points:
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 Reviewer:                           |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by cohosh):

 Replying to [comment:5 cypherpunks]:
 > Replying to [comment:4 cohosh]:
 > > Thanks cypherpunks, I'd be surprised if the broker problems were
 related to the changes in client usage. Note that by "drops significantly"
 we're talking about going from 30 users to 10 users. Our proxy usage has
 been steadily growing, however.
 > I'm referring to actual usage, since it seems unclear to me how one can
 keep using snowflake when it stalls indefinitely whenever one hits a proxy
 operated with the WebExt in Firefox (please consider  #31100#comment:26).

 Please keep your comments on topic. This ticket is for problems with the
 broker being slow. Usage of the broker that could possibly result in the
 problems described here are related to client and proxy connections to the
 broker for the rendezvous protocol. The metrics you linked are about
 bridge usage and as mentioned I don't think these reflect information
 useful to this ticket.

 We are investigating the concerns you have pointed out, please keep your
 comments about those concerns to ticket #31385.

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