[tor-relays] Please check if your relay has fallen out of the consensus

mpan tor-1qnuaylp at mpan.pl
Wed Oct 30 21:35:02 UTC 2024


   NOTE: this email has been written around 2024-10-30 19:00 UTC, about 
2.5 hours ago. As I was testing stuff, suddenly I got flags and *some* 
traffic on my node. It also appeared back in atlas as mysteriously as it 
did disappear. Nonetheless I’m sending the email, hoping it is helpful, 
and will report back in a week.

> Can you check to see if your relay is in a similar situation?
> 
> In particular, the situation to look for is "Tor process is
> still running fine from your perspective, but, relay-search
> (https://atlas.torproject.org/) says you are no longer running."
   Hello, I see the same with my node.

   Prompted by a fall in traffic I checked relay-search a few days ago 
and found the relay is no longer listed. Going through the logs it seems 
there is no new circuits being made since October 23. In Nyx I see at 
most a few incoming and outgoing connections.

   The node is mpan11 92A125B9AB491AFC084E4257B552D0FB56090CB3, and this 
is the first time in about 10 years I experience anything like that.

> If your relay is in this situation, the next step is to check your Tor
> logs, try to rule out other issues like firewall rules on your side,
> and then (if you're able) to start exploring traceroutes to the directory
> authority IP addresses vs other addresses. If you need more direct help,
> we can help you debug or answer other questions on #tor-relays on IRC.
   Traceroutes from the node listed in [1]. From two other hosts 
(French, German VPS) all addresses except maatuska are accessible, and 
the final hops are similar. I asked a friend (same ISP, city) to ping 
all the addresses that don’t respond and they confirmed no ping 
responses. However, maatuska seems to respond to ICMP pings.

   If that helps, on October 23 I see some entries[2] I don’t recall 
ever seeing. This did happen when my network connection died for about 
10 minutes around 01:20. At 22 I had to reboot the system and since then 
the node reports 0 circuits. But that may be just a coincidence and the 
responses might’ve been ISP’s modem interfering in some way.

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[1] Traceroutes, to 30 hops. ‘…’ indicates no more replies:
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  # moria1
  $ tracepath -b 128.31.0.39
  1?: [LOCALHOST]                      pmtu 1500
  1:  _gateway (192.168.1.1)                                0.499ms
  2:  war-bng10.neo.tpnet.pl (83.1.5.194)                  15.434ms
  3:  no reply
      …

  # tor26
  $ tracepath -b 217.196.147.77
  1?: [LOCALHOST]                      pmtu 1500
  1:  _gateway (192.168.1.1)                                0.359ms
  1:  _gateway (192.168.1.1)                                3.782ms
  2:  war-bng10.neo.tpnet.pl (83.1.5.194)                   3.833ms
  3:  war-r21.tpnet.pl (80.50.19.25)                        2.383ms asymm  4
  4:  win-b2-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.153.224)         12.699ms
  5:  as33891-ic-331887.ip.twelve99-cust.net (62.115.13.142)  16.619ms 
asymm  6
  6:  ae5-2058.slz10.core-backbone.com (81.95.2.50)        19.534ms asymm  9
  7:  core-backbone.conova.at (5.56.17.86)                 17.129ms asymm 12
  8:  149.3.164.138 (149.3.164.138)                        18.783ms asymm 13
  9:  reliant-gw.noreply.org (185.69.162.222)              27.474ms asymm 13
10:  tor.cypherpunks.eu (217.196.147.77)                  30.815ms !H

  # dizum
  $ tracepath -b 45.66.35.11
  1?: [LOCALHOST]                      pmtu 1500
  1:  _gateway (192.168.1.1)                                0.739ms
  1:  _gateway (192.168.1.1)                                0.716ms
  2:  war-bng10.neo.tpnet.pl (83.1.5.194)                   5.480ms
  3:  war-r21.tpnet.pl (80.50.19.25)                        4.162ms asymm  4
  4:  win-b2-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.153.224)         15.974ms
  5:  win-bb2-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.114.182)        22.121ms asymm  6
  6:  ffm-bb2-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.138.22)         26.017ms asymm  8
  7:  adm-bb2-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.137.222)        30.844ms asymm  9
  8:  no reply
  9:  novoserve-ic-354347.ip.twelve99-cust.net (62.115.188.167) 31.944ms 
asymm  8
10:  no reply
11:  no reply
12:  no reply
13:  tor.dizum.com (45.66.35.11)                          34.349ms reached

  # gabelmoo
  $ tracepath -b 131.188.40.189
  1?: [LOCALHOST]                      pmtu 1500
  1:  _gateway (192.168.1.1)                                2.812ms
  1:  _gateway (192.168.1.1)                                1.120ms
  2:  war-bng10.neo.tpnet.pl (83.1.5.194)                  11.639ms
  3:  no reply
      …

  # dannenberg
  $ tracepath -b 193.23.244.244
  1?: [LOCALHOST]                      pmtu 1500
  1:  _gateway (192.168.1.1)                                0.563ms
  2:  war-bng10.neo.tpnet.pl (83.1.5.194)                   5.746ms
  3:  war-r22.tpnet.pl (80.50.20.25)                        6.182ms
  4:  win-b2-link.ip.twelve99.net (213.248.103.4)          13.986ms
  5:  win-bb1-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.114.184)        16.536ms asymm  6
  6:  mcn-b1-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.136.41)          20.223ms asymm  7
  7:  mcn-b3-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.127.30)          19.945ms
  8:  interlinkgmbh-ic-381330.ip.twelve99-cust.net (62.115.186.123) 
18.466ms asymm  9
  9:  r1-str1-de.as5405.net (94.103.180.27)                62.334ms 
(This broken router returned corrupted payload) asymm 15
10:  r4-fra2-de.as5405.net (94.103.180.11)                38.532ms (This 
broken router returned corrupted payload) asymm 14
11:  r4-fra1-de.as5405.net (94.103.180.7)                 36.582ms (This 
broken router returned corrupted payload) asymm 12
12:  r3-ber1-de.as5405.net (94.103.180.2)                 37.920ms asymm 11
13:  cust-syseleven.r3-ber1-de.as5405.net (45.153.82.11)  38.488ms asymm 12
14:  ae0-0.blu1-r2.de.syseleven.net (109.68.226.26)       39.453ms asymm 16
15:  ae2-0.bak1-r1.syseleven.net (109.68.226.23)          41.234ms asymm 14
16:  no reply
17:  dannenberg.torauth.de (193.23.244.244)               34.575ms reached

  # maatuska
  $ tracepath -b 171.25.193.9
  1?: [LOCALHOST]                      pmtu 1500
  1:  _gateway (192.168.1.1)                                3.200ms
  1:  _gateway (192.168.1.1)                                0.674ms
  2:  war-bng10.neo.tpnet.pl (83.1.5.194)                   8.933ms
  3:  war-r21.tpnet.pl (80.50.19.25)                        5.954ms asymm  4
  4:  win-b2-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.153.224)         12.257ms
  5:  win-bb2-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.114.182)        13.424ms asymm  6
  6:  ffm-bb2-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.138.22)         24.160ms asymm  9
  7:  kbn-bb6-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.114.94)         40.453ms asymm 10
  8:  kbn-b1-link.ip.twelve99.net (62.115.143.7)           35.856ms
  9:  globalconnect-ic-368141.ip.twelve99-cust.net (62.115.185.221) 37.018ms
10:  146.247.201.152 (146.247.201.152)                    44.090ms asymm  9
11:  no reply
12:  no reply
13:  195.225.184.150 (195.225.184.150)                    48.578ms asymm 15
14:  rs2.dfri.net (171.25.193.225)                        46.928ms asymm 16
15:  rs2.dfri.net (171.25.193.225)                        48.011ms pmtu 1420
15:  no reply
      …

  # longclaw
  $ tracepath -b 199.58.81.140
  1?: [LOCALHOST]                      pmtu 1500
  1:  _gateway (192.168.1.1)                                0.679ms
  1:  _gateway (192.168.1.1)                                1.245ms
  2:  war-bng10.neo.tpnet.pl (83.1.5.194)                   5.817ms
  3:  no reply
     …

  # bastet
  $ tracepath -b 204.13.164.118
  1?: [LOCALHOST]                      pmtu 1500
  1:  _gateway (192.168.1.1)                                1.010ms
  1:  _gateway (192.168.1.1)                                0.293ms
  2:  war-bng10.neo.tpnet.pl (83.1.5.194)                   6.126ms
  3:  war-r21.tpnet.pl (80.50.19.25)                        4.701ms asymm  4
  4:  win-b2-link.ip.twelve99.net (213.248.103.4)          14.664ms
  5:  be1300.ccr51.vie01.atlas.cogentco.com (130.117.14.181)  26.007ms 
asymm  7
  6:  be2974.ccr21.muc03.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.58.5)  27.318ms asymm  9
  7:  be5516.ccr41.fra05.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.62.121)  26.305ms 
asymm  8
  8:  be5340.ccr42.ams03.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.62.210)  30.990ms 
asymm  9
  9:  be12194.ccr41.lon13.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.56.93) 122.662ms 
asymm 13
10:  be3042.ccr21.ymq01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.44.162) 129.524ms 
asymm 11
11:  be3393.ccr31.bos01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.47.141) 125.119ms
12:  be3600.ccr22.alb02.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.0.221) 125.220ms asymm 10
13:  be2718.ccr42.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.7.129) 137.118ms asymm 10
14:  be2717.ccr41.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.6.221) 130.040ms asymm 10
15:  be3802.ccr21.den01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.165.77) 144.294ms 
asymm 10
16:  be5456.ccr32.slc01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.45.166) 185.868ms 
asymm 11
17:  be5823.ccr21.sea02.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.167.146) 199.296ms 
asymm 11
18:  be5823.ccr21.sea02.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.167.146) 194.850ms 
asymm 11
19:  bastet.readthefinemanual.net (204.13.164.118)       200.905ms reached

  # faravahar
  $ tracepath -b 216.218.219.41
  1?: [LOCALHOST]                      pmtu 1500
  1:  _gateway (192.168.1.1)                                1.493ms
  1:  _gateway (192.168.1.1)                                0.774ms
  2:  war-bng10.neo.tpnet.pl (83.1.5.194)                   7.927ms
  3:  no reply
      …

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[2] Logs entries before the issue started:
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Oct 23 01:27:03 null Tor[368865]: Received http status code 302 ("Moved 
Temporarily") from server 217.196.147.77:80 while fetching consensus 
directory.
Oct 23 01:27:55 null Tor[368865]: Received http status code 302 ("Moved 
Temporarily") from server 204.13.164.118:80 while fetching consensus 
directory.
Oct 23 01:27:55 null Tor[368865]: Received http status code 302 ("Moved 
Temporarily") from server 204.13.164.118:80 while fetching consensus 
directory.
Oct 23 01:28:55 null Tor[368865]: Received http status code 302 ("Moved 
Temporarily") from server 217.196.147.77:80 while fetching consensus 
directory.
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