[tor-bugs] #16844 [Core Tor/Tor]: Slow clients can't bootstrap because they expire their consensus fetch but then receive all the bytes from it anyway, making them expire their next fetch, putting them in a terrible loop

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#16844: Slow clients can't bootstrap because they expire their consensus fetch but
then receive all the bytes from it anyway, making them expire their next
fetch, putting them in a terrible loop
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 Reporter:  arma                                 |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  unspecified
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-proposal, tor-client, low-     |  Actual Points:
  bandwidth, sponsor4, bootstrap, 032-unreached  |
Parent ID:  #30817                               |         Points:  2
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  Sponsor4
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Changes (by teor):

 * keywords:  tor-client, low-bandwidth, sponsor4, bootstrap, 032-unreached
     =>
     needs-proposal, tor-client, low-bandwidth, sponsor4, bootstrap,
     032-unreached
 * parent:   => #30817


Comment:

 #16844 and #29729 have conflicting goals, so we need to write a proposal
 that balances these goals. See #30817.

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