All, I found out that some router descriptors are not being downloaded. For example, on https://torstat.xenobite.eu (the Tor status page), it shows that 1000rpm is up and running. When I start Tor (I just upgraded to the latest stable version to make sure it was not a version issue), it says
routerstatus_list_update_from_networkstatus(): Router '1000rpm' is listed by 5/5 directories, named by 2/3, validated by 5/5, and 3/3 recent directories think it's running. But 1000rpm is not listed under either ~/.tor/cached-routers or cached-routers.new, so somehow Tor does not know about this router since it doesn't have its descriptor. I tried the basic stuff: remove ~/.tor, restart tor, upgrade to latest version, etc... I even used the ControlPort to check if Tor has the router descriptor and it does not. I have been trying for the past 5 hours or so now. I thought that Tor was supposed to download ALL router descriptors from the directory servers/mirrors. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Eric PS: This has nothing to do against 1000rpm, it was just one of the first Tor routers that I noticed is considered "up", but not on my cached-routers list - I am sure there must be others
