[tor-bugs] #5525 [Tor Relay]: Need graceful shutdown for relays

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#5525: Need graceful shutdown for relays
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 Reporter:  tmpname0901  |          Owner:                    
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.3.x-final
Component:  Tor Relay    |        Version:                    
 Keywords:               |         Parent:                    
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:                    
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 On Windows, shutting down a To relay asks if you want to do a graceful
 shutdown, giving connected users time to find another relay.  This should
 be possible in Linux too.

 As it is, shutting down a Tor relay in Linux is an abrupt exit, anyone
 connected just has to wait for their connection to time out.  On a busy
 node that is potentially thousand of people who know only that their web
 page partially loaded then hung.

 I propose that a Close action be added to the existing Start and Stop
 (pardon my RedHat terminology) actions.  This should delay a minute during
 which no new connections are accepted, then exit.

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