[tor-bugs] #17449 [Quality Assurance and Testing]: Test bridges we ship in Tor Browser regularly

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#17449: Test bridges we ship in Tor Browser regularly
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 Reporter:  gk                             |          Owner:  boklm
     Type:  defect                         |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                         |      Milestone:
Component:  Quality Assurance and Testing  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                         |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-usability                  |  Actual Points:
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Description changed by gk:

Old description:

> We should try to detect broken bridges we ship in Tor Browser early to
> minimize users trying them and to avoid overloading the remaining ones
> considerably/over a long period of time.
>
> Not sure what "regularly" should mean in this context but I guess just
> testing them during our normal QA might not be enough as they code be
> down/unreachable temporarily.
>
> We might set up something different maybe even with a system that sends
> an email to the bridge operator (Cc'ing tor-assistants) after the bridge
> is repeatedly not usable.

New description:

 We should try to detect broken bridges we ship in Tor Browser early to
 minimize users trying them and to avoid overloading the remaining ones
 considerably/over a long period of time.

 Not sure what "regularly" should mean in this context but I guess just
 testing them during our normal QA might not be enough as they could be
 down/unreachable temporarily.

 We might set up something different maybe, even with a system that sends
 an email to the bridge operator (Cc'ing tor-assistants) after the bridge
 is repeatedly not usable.

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