Re: [tor-relays] Accounting and the 'Stable' flag

[Sebastian Hahn <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On 21 Aug 2016, at 13:11, Ralph Seichter <tor-relays-ml@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hello list,
> 
> I have enabled daily accounting on a non-exit Tor relay some days ago.
> On the first day, the transfer threshold was reached and the relay
> entered hibernation for a few hours, as expected. On the next day, I
> reduced RelayBandwidthRate to ensure that the accumulated transfer would
> fall just short of the AccountingMax value.
> 
> During the last days, the relay has only been offline once for a couple
> of minutes (software update), besides the previously mentioned single
> hibernation period. As of today, the relay seems to have lost the 'Stable'
> flag, which I don't really understand.
> 
> Am I missing something here? I could not find documentation mentioning a
> relationship between accounting and the 'Stable' flag.
> 
> -Ralph

Any event where your relay is unreachable by the directory authorities
gets counted as something that could influence your Stable flag. Also,
the flag is given out in relation to the stability of the other relays.
Just keep your relay up and you should regain the flag.

Cheers
Sebastian

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