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@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ Design:
data cells over the stream as relay_early cells, regardless of their
actual type.
+ (Note that a circuit that is out of relay_early cells MUST NOT be
+ cannibalized later, since it can't extend. Note also that it's always okay
+ to use regular RELAY cells when sending non-EXTEND commands targetted at
+ the first hop of a circuit, since there is no intermediate hop to try to
+ learn the relay command type.)
+
Each intermediate server would pass on the same type of cell that it
received (either relay or relay_early), and the cell's destination
will be able to learn whether it's allowed to contain an Extend request.