From 9a0cf2376de2ea32cf9059c6760b3d6a0c19e6fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: teor Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 21:49:28 +1100 Subject: Update comment and add changes file for 20942 --- scripts/maint/updateFallbackDirs.py | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'scripts/maint') diff --git a/scripts/maint/updateFallbackDirs.py b/scripts/maint/updateFallbackDirs.py index 8ca5a72961..cf96fc308f 100755 --- a/scripts/maint/updateFallbackDirs.py +++ b/scripts/maint/updateFallbackDirs.py @@ -98,10 +98,11 @@ DOWNLOAD_MICRODESC_CONSENSUS = True # reject consensuses that are older than REASONABLY_LIVE_TIME. # For the consensus expiry check to be accurate, the machine running this # script needs an accurate clock. -# We use 24 hours to compensate for #20909, where relays on 0.2.9.5-alpha and -# 0.3.0.0-alpha-dev and later deliver stale consensuses, but typically recover -# after ~12 hours. -# We should make this lower when #20909 is fixed, see #20942. +# +# Relays on 0.3.0 and later return a 404 when they are about to serve an +# expired consensus. This makes them fail the download check. +# We use a tolerance of 0, so that 0.2.x series relays also fail the download +# check if they serve an expired consensus. CONSENSUS_EXPIRY_TOLERANCE = 0 # Output fallback name, flags, bandwidth, and ContactInfo in a C comment? -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf