[tor-bugs] #7009 [Tor]: Handle unstable relays better

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#7009: Handle unstable relays better
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 Reporter:  arma                 |          Owner:                    
     Type:  project              |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal               |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.5.x-final
Component:  Tor                  |        Version:                    
 Keywords:  tor-relay, SponsorJ  |         Parent:                    
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Comment(by arma):

 Replying to [comment:10 nickm]:
 >   * We don't actually know what fraction of clients download a new
 consensus with what period.  Sure, if you're online constantly, you get a
 new one every 2-4 hours... but is that typical?

 This is a great other research question that we should investigate
 (probably with its own ticket).

 In particular, I have the feeling that clients who are online constantly
 *don't* fetch a mean of 8 consensuses a day -- I think it's quite a bit
 more often than that, and I bet there are some bugs to explain it. We have
 the torperf logs as example Tor-clients-online-constantly, and I vaguely
 remember that I've had a discussion with Karsten about this topic in the
 past. Karsten?

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