from_store ? "cached" : "downloaded",
ds ? ds->nickname : "an old or new authority");
- /* a duplicate on a download should be treated as a failure, since it
- * probably means we wanted a different secret key or we are trying to
- * replace an expired cert that has not in fact been updated. */
+ /*
+ * A duplicate on download should be treated as a failure, so we call
+ * authority_cert_dl_failed() to reset the download status to make sure
+ * we can't try again. Since we've implemented the fp-sk mechanism
+ * to download certs by signing key, this should be much rarer than it
+ * was and is perhaps cause for concern.
+ */
if (!from_store) {
if (authdir_mode(get_options())) {
log_warn(LD_DIR,