[tor-bugs] #24767 [Core Tor/Tor]: All relays are constantly connecting to down relays and failing over and over (was: If you just failed to extend a circuit to a relay that's down, consider remembering that for a bit)

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#24767: All relays are constantly connecting to down relays and failing over and
over
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 Reporter:  arma          |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement   |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium        |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.3.4.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal        |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                |  Actual Points:
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 Reviewer:                |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by arma):

 I gave this ticket a title to better reflect its urgency.

 It's an important ticket because many fast relays are flooding their
 conntables or equivalent with this sustained flood of outgoing connection
 attempts.

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