[tor-bugs] #11397 [Tor]: Building circuits blocks new connections

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#11397: Building circuits blocks new connections
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 Reporter:  evandro      |          Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor          |        Version:
 Keywords:               |  Actual Points:
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 When behind a firewall that not only lets only a few ports through but
 that also validates that only the expected protocol is passing through, it
 may take dozens of seconds to build a new circuit.  In the meantime, new
 connections will timeout before new circuits are built.

 This behavior deserves some attention.  Perhaps until a new circuit is
 built, an old circuit should continue to be used or after a few seconds of
 waiting for the new circuit.

 However, if there's no connection alive, there might not even be old
 circuits to fall back to.  Then, the user might be given the choice to
 always keep an old circuit open, even if idle, until a new circuit is
 built.

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