[tor-bugs] #11966 [Tor]: "Bootstrapped 20%: Asking for networkstatus consensus" is a lie for bridge users

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#11966: "Bootstrapped 20%: Asking for networkstatus consensus" is a lie for bridge
users
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     Reporter:  arma    |      Owner:
         Type:  defect  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal  |  Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
    Component:  Tor     |    Version:
   Resolution:          |   Keywords:  tor-bridge
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Comment (by arma):

 One option is to add another bootstrap phase for people who need to fetch
 bridge descriptors. Somewhere in the 18% range I guess.

 Another option is to fold this bridge descriptor fetching into the 15%
 phase -- that is, treat it as not having a circuit open until after we've
 got our bridge descriptor. Kind of klunky.

 A third option is to leave it alone, since it's not really a big problem
 in most cases. I only noticed because #11965 sure seemed (based on
 bootstrap level 20%) like it was about failing to fetch a consensus,
 rather than failing to like the bridge descriptor it had secretly fetched
 instead of asking for the consensus it said it was asking for.

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