[tor-bugs] #25686 [Core Tor/Tor]: Mystery bug causes relays to attempt many many descriptor publishes, with no X-Desc-Gen-Reason header

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#25686: Mystery bug causes relays to attempt many many descriptor publishes, with
no X-Desc-Gen-Reason header
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 Reporter:  arma                                 |          Owner:  nickm
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  accepted
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.4.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  034-roadmap-proposed 034-must        |  Actual Points:
  regression 033-backport                        |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by nickm):

 Here are the aberrant entries, in case anything weird jumps out about
 them.
 {{{
     477 WestCoastTor07: Tor 0.3.2.10 on Linux
     441 tspcnt: Tor 0.3.2.10 on Linux
     141 L29Ah: Tor 0.3.3.2-alpha on Linux
     103 fuzzycat: Tor 0.3.2.10 on Linux
      89 gatsby1: Tor 0.3.2.10 on Linux
      46 darksoul03: Tor 0.3.2.10 on Linux
      44 jojo07: Tor 0.3.1.9 on Linux
      44 darksoul02: Tor 0.3.2.10 on Linux
      42 darksoul04: Tor 0.3.2.10 on Linux
      14 theRipper1: Tor 0.3.2.10 on Linux
      11 BlueSteel: Tor 0.3.2.10 on Linux
       6 Ms3cTOR56: Tor 0.3.2.10 on Linux
       1 Tor 0.3.2.10 on Linux
 }}}

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