[tor-relays] relay maintenance without losing consensus weight?

[Tim Wilson-Brown - teor]

> On 9 Mar 2016, at 05:26, Michael McConville <mmcco at mykolab.com> wrote:
> 
> Zwiebel wrote:
>> Tim Wilson-Brown - teor wrote:
>>>> Zwiebel wrote:
>>>> is there a way to shut down Tor relays for a short time without
>>>> losing consensus weight or bandwidth?
>>> 
>>> This is a frequently asked question, particularly if you add "losing
>>> flags" to the relay operator's list of concerns.
>> 
>> So... is it possible?
> 
> I don't think that short maintenance outages should significantly impact
> consensus weight. Bandwidth takes a little while to ramp back up because
> people need to build circuits through your relay again.
> 
> Anyway, if you need to do maintenance, don't wait. The network benefits
> more from a secure, reliable relay with 5% less consensus weight.  :-)

If you take down your relay and keep the same key, IP address(es) and port(s), then most flags should come back quickly.
If you change any of those details, particularly the key, then the network will take some time (a week to several months) to re-evaluate your relay.

Tim

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