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help texts and the controller can send the user to the right anchor in a
"bootstrapping problems" help page?
+6. Getting up to speed when the controller connects.
+
+ There's a new "GETINFO /status/bootstrap-phase" option, which returns
+ the most recent bootstrap phase status event sent. Specifically,
+ it returns a string starting with either "NOTICE BOOTSTRAP ..." or
+ "WARN BOOTSTRAP ...".
+
+ Controllers should use this getinfo when they connect or attach to
+ Tor to learn its current state.
+