[tor-relays] Metrics falsely showing my relay as offline

[Eddie]

On 8/19/2022 12:21 AM, Georg Koppen wrote:
> Eddie:
>> I have 1 relay (40D13096BBD11AF198CE61DEE4EAECCE5472F2E7) that 
>> according to the metrics is always bouncing between online and 
>> offline, sometimes multiple times per day.  The logs show it running 
>> the whole time and when the metrics also show it running, the uptime 
>> continues to increase correctly.  This hasn't always been the case, 
>> as the history shows this didn't happen prior to around June based on 
>> the guard flag usage.  This relay is hosted at AWS if that makes any 
>> difference.
>
> What are you looking at when you say "according to the metrics"? Are 
> you constantly watching relay-search or is it something else we could 
> look at to figure out what is going on.

Yep, metrics.torproject.org searching on a partial nickname: OhNoAnother

>> Should I care about this, because the relay is running correctly. 
>> It's just that it never gets the stable (long running) and guard 
>> flags any more because of this yo-yo effect, which I'm sure is 
>> affecting how the relay is allocated circuits.
>
> Right. I wonder whether some directory authorities have issues 
> reaching your relay sometimes resulting in the loss of flags you are 
> seeing, but I have not looked at the votes for your relay since June.

That's why I added the additional information about the AWS hosting, 
which I didn't last time, in case that had a bearing.

> Georg
>
>> I do have another relay (E823B5F000835A669E902EBAE5ECCB9A324F46C9) 
>> that sometimes exhibits the same issues, but to a much lesser 
>> extent.  Like it will show offline (maybe) once a month for a very 
>> short period and any flags lost are quickly regained.
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