[tor-dev] Dir auths using 2x bandwidth in last week

[Roger Dingledine]

https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/9695DFC35FFEB861329B9F1AB04C46397020CE31
https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/F2044413DAC2E02E3D6BCF4735A19BCA1DE97281
https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/BD6A829255CB08E66FBE7D3748363586E46B3810
https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/74A910646BCEEFBCD2E874FC1DC997430F968145
https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/7EA6EAD6FD83083C538F44038BBFA077587DD755
all show a big increase in sent bytes starting at the end of July.

It isn't growth in Tor users, since those have stayed relatively flat
in the last two weeks.

And the new rate seems to be the new normal -- it's showing no signs of
going back to the old rate.

I would assume it's outgoing directory stuff, since that's most of what
dir auths do.

Any guesses?

--Roger