+Changes in version 0.2.2.13-alpha - 2010-04-24
+ o Major bugfixes:
+ - Relays now close idle circuits early if it looks like they were
+ intended for directory fetches. Relays are also more aggressive
+ about closing TLS connections that have no circuits on them. Such
+ circuits are unlikely to be re-used, and tens of thousands of them
+ were piling up at the fast relays, causing the relays to run out
+ of sockets and memory. Bugfix on 0.2.0.22-rc (where clients started
+ tunneling their directory fetches over TLS).
+
+ o Minor features:
+ - Finally get rid of the deprecated and now harmful notion of
+ "clique mode", where directory authorities maintain TLS connections
+ to every other relay.
+ - Directory authorities now do an immediate reachability check as soon
+ as they hear about a new relay. This change should slightly reduce
+ the time between setting up a relay and getting listed as running
+ in the consensus. It should also improve the time between setting
+ up a bridge and seeing use by bridge users.
+ - Directory authorities no longer launch a TLS connection to every
+ relay as they startup. Now that we have 2k+ descriptors cached,
+ the resulting network hiccup is becoming a burden. Besides,
+ authorities already avoid voting about Running for the first half
+ hour of their uptime.
+
+
Changes in version 0.2.2.12-alpha - 2010-04-20
Tor 0.2.2.12-alpha fixes a critical bug in how directory authorities
handle and vote on descriptors. It was causing relays to drop out of
+++ /dev/null
- o Major bugfixes:
- - Relays now close idle circuits early if it looks like they were
- intended for directory fetches. Such circuits are unlikely to
- be re-used, and tens of thousands of them were piling up at the
- fast relays, causing the relays to run out of sockets and memory.
- Bugfix on 0.2.0.22-rc (where clients started tunneling their
- directory fetches over TLS).
+++ /dev/null
- o Major bugfixes:
- - Make relays more aggressive about closing TLS connections that
- have no circuits on them. Tens of thousands of them were piling
- up at the fast relays, causing the relays to run out of sockets
- and memory. Bugfix on 0.2.0.22-rc (where clients started tunneling
- their directory fetches over TLS).
+++ /dev/null
- o Minor features:
- - Directory authorities now do an immediate reachability check as soon
- as they hear about a new relay. This change should slightly reduce
- the time between setting up a relay and getting listed as running
- in the consensus. It should also improve the time between setting
- up a bridge and seeing use by bridge users.
-
+++ /dev/null
- o Minor features:
- - Directory authorities no longer launch a TLS connection to every
- relay as they startup. Now that we have 2k+ descriptors cached,
- the resulting network hiccup is becoming a burden. Besides,
- authorities already avoid voting about Running for the first half
- hour of their uptime.