[tor-bugs] #14034 [Tor]: Make TestingDirAuthVoteGuard/Exit/HSDir and AssumeReachable less essential in test networks

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#14034: Make TestingDirAuthVoteGuard/Exit/HSDir and AssumeReachable less essential
in test networks
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     Reporter:  teor    |      Owner:
         Type:  defect  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal  |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.???
    Component:  Tor     |    Version:  Tor: 0.2.6.1-alpha
   Resolution:          |   Keywords:  tor-auth chutney lorax
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Description changed by teor:

Old description:

> Currently, we need to use `TestingDirAuthVoteGuard *`,
> `TestingDirAuthVoteExit *`, and `AssumeReachable 1` to get a test network
> to bootstrap in under a minute. With #8243, we may need to create a
> `TestingDirAuthVoteHSDir *` option as well.
>
> These are rather blunt instruments to get boostrap working.
>
> The changes in #13718 and (probably) #13929 ensure that testing networks
> bootstrap in 30s, without using `TestingDirAuthVoteExit *` or
> `AssumeReachable 1`. This provides a comprehensive method of testing
> network / exit bootstrap.
>
> But it would be great to be able to test guard bootstrap too - perhaps by
> tweaking some settings in the chutney `torrc_templates`, or perhaps by
> fixing (i.e. speeding up guard flag assignment) in the implementation of
> one or more of tor's `Testing...` options.

New description:

 Currently, we need to use `TestingDirAuthVoteGuard *`,
 `TestingDirAuthVoteExit *`, and `AssumeReachable 1` to get a test network
 to bootstrap in under a minute. With #8243, we may need to create a
 `TestingDirAuthVoteHSDir *` option as well.

 These are rather blunt instruments to get boostrap working.

 The changes in #13718 and (probably) #13929 ensure that testing networks
 bootstrap in 30s, without using `TestingDirAuthVoteExit *` or
 `AssumeReachable 1`. This provides a comprehensive method of testing
 network / exit bootstrap.

 But it would be great to be able to test Guard/HSDir bootstrap too -
 perhaps by tweaking some settings in the chutney `torrc_templates`, or
 perhaps by fixing the implementation of one or more of tor's `Testing...`
 options (i.e. speeding up Guard/HSDir flag assignment in test networks).

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