> On 9 May 2017, at 11:20, Roger Dingledine <arma@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, May 08, 2017 at 06:00:18PM +0000, nickm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> commit d5a151a06788c28ac1c50398c6e571d484774f47 >> Author: Mike Perry <mikeperry-git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Date: Tue Feb 21 21:28:00 2017 -0500 > [...] >> + - Increase the intial circuit build timeout testing frequency, to help >> + ensure that ReducedConnectionPadding clients finish learning a timeout >> + before their orconn would expire. The initial testing rate was set back >> + in the days of TAP and before the Tor Browser updater, when we had to be >> + much more careful about new clients making lots of circuits. With this >> + change, a circuit build time is learned in about 15-20 minutes, instead >> + of ~100-120 minutes. > > Fyi, the current Tor network has "cbttestfreq=60" set in its consensus > params. > > Is this something we should change? Yes, otherwise the change to the default will have no effect for clients that successfully download a consensus. I suggest we change it to 10 now, as it will immediately improve the timeout behaviour for mobile clients. I think there is even a sponsor for this, ahf and nickm can tell you which. T -- Tim Wilson-Brown (teor) teor2345 at gmail dot com PGP C855 6CED 5D90 A0C5 29F6 4D43 450C BA7F 968F 094B ricochet:ekmygaiu4rzgsk6n xmpp: teor at torproject dot org ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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