[metrics-bugs] #24837 [Metrics/Onionoo]: Allow Relay Searches for Additional Flags

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#24837: Allow Relay Searches for Additional Flags
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 Reporter:  teor             |          Owner:  metrics-team
     Type:  enhancement      |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium           |      Milestone:
Component:  Metrics/Onionoo  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal           |     Resolution:
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Comment (by karsten):

 I just commented on #24436 that we might not have to block on CollecTor
 providing fallback directory information.

 Two more ideas I had when reading this ticket today:
  - We should also add a new `"fallback_directory`" (or similarly named)
 field in details documents, rather than just the entry in
 `"additional_flags"`.
  - Rather than extending the `"flag"` parameter, which would require a
 major protocol update, we could as well introduce a new
 `"additional_flag"` parameter that searches just additional flags. Users
 would then have to know whether a flag is one set by the directory
 authorities or by Onionoo, but that's not necessarily a bad requirement.
 And we wouldn't need a major protocol update.

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