[tor-bugs] #9366 [Tor]: "ORPort ... Noadvertise" means your bridge silently doesn't work

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#9366: "ORPort ... Noadvertise" means your bridge silently doesn't work
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 Reporter:  arma        |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect      |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal      |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  Tor         |        Version:                    
 Keywords:  tor-bridge  |         Parent:                    
   Points:              |   Actualpoints:                    
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 If you set up a bridge with
 {{{
 bridgerelay 1
 orport 9509 noadvertise
 }}}

 and then have somebody try to reach it with a client (usebridges 1 bridge
 x.y.z.a:9509).

 The result is that the client will stop bootstrapping at
 {{{
 Jul 31 16:06:09.990 [notice] Bootstrapped 50%: Loading relay descriptors.
 Jul 31 16:06:10.752 [notice] no known bridge descriptors running yet;
 stalling
 }}}

 What's happening is the client is asking for /tor/server/authority.z, and
 on the bridge side, directory_handle_command_get() calls
 dirserv_get_routerdesc_fingerprints() which calls
 router_get_my_routerinfo() which returns NULL.

 I assume that's because router_rebuild_descriptor() calls
 router_get_advertised_or_port() which calls
 get_first_advertised_port_by_type_af() which checks !cfg->no_advertise and
 ends up returning 0.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/9366>
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