[tor-relays] Metrics falsely showing my relay as offline

[Georg Koppen]

Eddie:
> I have 1 relay (40D13096BBD11AF198CE61DEE4EAECCE5472F2E7) that according 
> to the metrics is always bouncing between online and offline, sometimes 
> multiple times per day.  The logs show it running the whole time and 
> when the metrics also show it running, the uptime continues to increase 
> correctly.  This hasn't always been the case, as the history shows this 
> didn't happen prior to around June based on the guard flag usage.  This 
> relay is hosted at AWS if that makes any difference.

What are you looking at when you say "according to the metrics"? Are you 
constantly watching relay-search or is it something else we could look 
at to figure out what is going on.

> Should I care about this, because the relay is running correctly. It's 
> just that it never gets the stable (long running) and guard flags any 
> more because of this yo-yo effect, which I'm sure is affecting how the 
> relay is allocated circuits.

Right. I wonder whether some directory authorities have issues reaching 
your relay sometimes resulting in the loss of flags you are seeing, but 
I have not looked at the votes for your relay since June.

Georg

> I do have another relay (E823B5F000835A669E902EBAE5ECCB9A324F46C9) that 
> sometimes exhibits the same issues, but to a much lesser extent.  Like 
> it will show offline (maybe) once a month for a very short period and 
> any flags lost are quickly regained.
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