[tor-bugs] #24826 [Core Tor/Tor]: LZMA-compressed consensus diffs stall Tor Browser launch for at least 20s or break it entirely

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#24826: LZMA-compressed consensus diffs stall Tor Browser launch for at least 20s
or break it entirely
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 Reporter:  gk            |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect        |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium        |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.3.3.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal        |     Resolution:
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 Reviewer:                |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by gk):

 Replying to [comment:2 cypherpunks]:
 > 7.0.11 sometimes gives
 > {{{
 > [01-09 05:25:15] Torbutton NOTE: Exception on control port [Exception...
 "Component returned failure code: 0x804b000e (NS_ERROR_NET_TIMEOUT)
 [nsIBinaryInputStream.readBytes]"  nsresult: "0x804b000e
 (NS_ERROR_NET_TIMEOUT)"  location: "JS frame ::
 chrome://torbutton/content/torbutton.js :: torbutton_socket_readline ::
 line 824"  data: no]
 > }}}
 > on a slow Windows machine (didn't you forget to set the compression
 thread's priority below normal?).

 That#s a different issue. There is no released Tor Browser that supports
 LZMA compression at the moment.

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