[tor-bugs] #24018 [Core Tor/Tor]: Automate measuring connection timeouts per exit

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#24018: Automate measuring connection timeouts per exit
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 Reporter:  arthuredelstein             |          Owner:  metrics-team
     Type:  project                     |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                      |      Milestone:
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                      |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-performance, tbb-needs  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #21394                      |         Points:
 Reviewer:                              |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by karsten):

 * cc: robgjansen, hiro, karsten (added)
 * component:  Metrics/Ideas => Core Tor/Tor


Comment:

 I agree that OnionPerf is probably the best tool for this analysis. I
 don't know for sure whether it uses DNS or IP addresses, and I'd rather
 not want to make a guess here. Instead I'm cc'ing robgjansen who can give
 more insights into what OnionPerf does by default and hiro who can tell
 whether our three OnionPerf instances derive from those defaults or not.

 Regarding the question above whether this is something the Metrics team
 would be interested in working on, that's a tough question! It seems like
 the goal here is to fix a specific bug in the Tor daemon and use
 measurement data from a few weeks or even months to make sure the bug got
 fixed. And when it's fixed, there's no use for this specific measurement
 anymore.

 My gut feeling is that it's something that the Network team should look
 into while fixing this bug, with help of the Browser and Metrics teams as
 necessary. I'm moving this ticket to Core Tor/Tor which I believe is a
 better fit than Metrics/*. Please move it back if you think I'm wrong. If
 the task was to set up a new measurement and add it to the Metrics
 website, the answer would likely be different. Thanks/sorry!

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