[tor-talk] "Tor Circuit" list in TBB displaying incorrect exit node and IP address

[jiggytwiggy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I have noticed that the "Tor Circuit" list in Tor Browser sometimes shows
an incorrect IP (and location) when connected to specific web sites.

I used "StrictNodes 1" in torrc and selected the exit
"PrivacyRepublic0001" which is based in France and has an IP address of
178.32.181.96.

Usually when I checked the "Tor Circuit", the correct 178.32.181.96 is
shown. However, sometimes it showed a different IP of 179.43.168.166
(Switzerland), 192.42.113.102 (Netherlands), and 109.70.100.11 (Austria).

179.43.168.166 is "mccowan", 192.42.113.102 is "Spigen", and 109.70.100.11
is "karfiol". None of these are exit nodes.

The odd behavior only happens with certain sites:
https://bitcointalk.org/, https://www.cato.org/,
https://www.whatismyip.com/ (for example - there must be many more)

It does not happen with Google, Gmail, Amazon, Alexa, Yahoo, CNN, BBC, etc.

This is nothing to do with any specific exit node. I've tried it with
others. For some reason, on a minority of sites, the correct exit node
does not show in "Tor Circuits" and, in its place, a non-exit node is
shown.

Is this a known bug? Or something problematic with certain sites? Why are
these sites different?

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