[tor-bugs] #25674 [Core Tor/Tor]: relay: Improve connect failure cache lifetime with a backoff algorithm

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#25674: relay: Improve connect failure cache lifetime with a backoff algorithm
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     Reporter:  dgoulet       |      Owner:  (none)
         Type:  enhancement   |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Low           |  Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
    Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal        |   Keywords:  tor-relay
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 With ticket #24767, we now have a cache that tracks the relay to relay
 connection failures. We use that to avoid reconnecting to a relay that we
 know previously failed.

 We could improve here with some sort of backoff algorithm instead of the
 flat hardcoded 60 seconds waiting period.

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