Directory server issue/bug?

[grarpamp]

Given a little script.
Plug it with an onion of your choice that is currently up.
Run script, sleep 15... repeat... repeat...
You may get:

HTTP/1.0 200 OK
 [with descriptor attached]

HTTP/1.0 404 Not found
 [with nothing attached]

[nothing at all]
 [with nothing attached]

Why do some have no response?
Why does a no response come and go?
I can understand a getting a consistent 200 [until expired]
or a 404, but not a no response.

dirn='
86.59.21.38 80 tor26
216.224.124.114 9030 ides
213.115.239.118 443 maatuska
193.23.244.244 80 dannenberg
208.83.223.34 443 urras
80.190.246.100 8180 gabelmoo-legacy
128.31.0.34 9131 moria1
128.31.0.34 9131 moria1-legacy
194.109.206.212 80 dizum
80.190.246.100 8180 gabelmoo
'

echo $dirn | awk '/^[0-9]/ {print $1,$2,$3}' \
 | while read ip port name ; do
    echo "===== $ip $port $name ====="
    printf 'GET /tor/rendezvous/<onionhash16> HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n' \
     | socat -d - tcp4:$ip:$port | strings
   done
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