[tor-bugs] #24767 [Core Tor/Tor]: All relays are constantly connecting to down relays and failing over and over

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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:  dgoulet
     Type:  enhancement                          |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_revision
 Priority:  Very High                            |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.3.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-relay, tor-dos, performance,     |  Actual Points:
  review-group-32, 033-must, review-group-34,    |
  033-triage-20180320, 033-included-20180320     |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
 Reviewer:  asn                                  |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by nickm):

 Oh, and one more thing I noticed: It is not enough to just check
 "node_get_pref_orport(node, &node_addr_port);" -- the node may have
 multiple addresses, and "pref" just returns the one you would prefer to
 use yourself.

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