[tor-bugs] #2282 [Tor Relay]: Publish router descriptors rejected by the authorities or omitted from the consensus

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#2282: Publish router descriptors rejected by the authorities or omitted from the
consensus
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 Reporter:  rransom      |       Owner:     
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  major        |   Milestone:     
Component:  Tor Relay    |     Version:     
 Keywords:               |      Parent:     
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 Right now, if a relay is dropped from the consensus, or its descriptor is
 rejected outright by the directory authorities, we won't find out that it
 has happened unless someone notices that their relay isn't working and
 tells us, and we can't find out why it happened unless we read the
 directory authorities' log files.

 The directory authorities should:
  * archive ''all'' descriptors that are published to them, even if they
 are rejected or not included in the consensus;
  * if a descriptor is rejected, record the reason in that archive; and
  * if a relay is omitted from the consensus, record the reason in the
 archive.

 The directory authority operators should:
  * examine a sample of the descriptors that are not included in the
 consensus, for whatever reason;
  * if the descriptors in the sample do not contain particularly sensitive
 information, begin publishing these otherwise unpublished descriptors.

 Having this information available would make it easier to find relays that
 were disabled by #2204 and inform their operators that they need to
 upgrade Tor, for example.

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