[tor-relays] Overloaded state indicator on relay-search

[friendlyexitnode]

Hey hiro, thanks!

I've also attached some screenshots too if it helps (sorry, I should have done that before). I had first noticed this around 3:45 PM CST on September 23.

- The Friendly Exit Node Family

Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email.

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐

On Friday, September 24th, 2021 at 4:47 AM, Silvia/Hiro <hiro at torproject.org> wrote:

> On 9/23/21 10:54 PM, friendlyexitnode via tor-relays wrote:
>
> > This looks like an awesome feature! I super appreciate it.
> >
> > Random question though (and I'm the first to admit I may be doing something wrong), I notice that on Mobile it says my relays are overloaded however when I view it on a normal computer I don't get the overloaded indicator. I've tried refreshing multiple times but getting the same results. Is anyone seeing the same thing?
>
> Hi,
>
> could you let me know when you accessed the page via mobile approximately?
>
> I'll try to check if any of your relays were overloaded in the past.
>
> When a node is overloaded the state is kept for 72 hours.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -hiro
>
> > Family Members:
> >
> > F01E382DA524A57F2BFB3C4FF270A23D5CD3311D
> >
> > 623CCCC1A1370700DD03046A85D953D35CAB5C21
> >
> > F9A28AB71D7E4E446308641A556EA53BA55FCB50
> >
> > 23F74D581DE92AC59D3527DE4D448E036139D81E
> >
> > A00E900534DFF76371064C03714753EAF8B88820
> >
> > C232D8EE677E6BDF5CFFDDCAC4E2B1682DCE7AE5
> >
> > -   The Friendly Exit Node Family
> >
> > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email.
> >
> > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> >
> > On Thursday, September 23rd, 2021 at 8:39 AM, Silvia/Hiro hiro at torproject.org wrote:
> >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > One of our goals with our current performance work is to reduce the
> > >
> > > overload of relays in the network. The implementation of proposal 328[1]
> > >
> > > a while back made different overload indicators available to relay
> > >
> > > operators and since a couple of weeks ago those can be tracked via
> > >
> > > Onionoo[2] as well.
> > >
> > > As we know that a lot of our relay operators use relay search to check
> > >
> > > for the health of their relays, we have launched a new feature there,
> > >
> > > too, to help them know when their relays are overloaded.
> > >
> > > When a relay is in the overloaded state we show an amber dot next to the
> > >
> > > relay nickname.
> > >
> > > Currently we are counting between 50 and 80 overloaded relays and
> > >
> > > between 10 and 20 overloaded bridges.
> > >
> > > The overloaded state is reached when one or many of the possible load
> > >
> > > metrics have been triggered. When this happens we show it for 72 hours
> > >
> > > after the relay has recovered [3]. Note, though, that not all of the
> > >
> > > exposed overload metrics are triggering the overload indicator on relay
> > >
> > > search yet.
> > >
> > > If you noticed your relay is overloaded, please check the following
> > >
> > > support article to find out how you can recover to a "normal" state:
> > >
> > > https://support.torproject.org/relay-operators/relay-bridge-overloaded/
> > >
> > > Let us known how you find this new feature.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > -hiro
> > >
> > > [1]
> > >
> > > https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/proposals/328-relay-overload-report.md
> > >
> > > [2]
> > >
> > > https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2021-August/003168.html
> > >
> > > [3] https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/dir-spec.txt#n637
> > >
> > > tor-relays mailing list
> > >
> > > tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
> > >
> > > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
> >
> > tor-relays mailing list
> >
> > tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
> >
> > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
>
> tor-relays mailing list
>
> tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
>
> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: 2021-09-24-073457-screenshot.png
Type: image/png
Size: 50637 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/attachments/20210924/5ee1b177/attachment-0002.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: 1024-2216.png
Type: image/png
Size: 1113240 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/attachments/20210924/5ee1b177/attachment-0003.png>