Hey,
Looking at your relay, a possible explanation could be that you're are
at the limit regarding some constraints for for the guard flag
assignment, and authorities would give it to you, then remove it, then
give it again, ect.
The effect that would be seen from such event is a change in the
selection probability for entry and middle position, as you describe.
Two possibles directions:
- You could raise your bandwidth a little bit. Hopefully this should let
you escape from this instability zone.
- Authorities could change flag assignment, raise the bar to get the
flag, and lower the bar to loose it once it has been acquired. This
could be helpful with some relays close to have/lose the needed attributes.
Best,
Florentin
Le 19/02/26 à 08:56, Tor-relay via tor-relays a écrit :
Hi everyone,
I have a question regarding my Tor relay’s lifecycle.
Since the beginning, I have noticed that the guard and middle
probabilities fluctuate significantly. I have not observed this
behavior when comparing with other operators’ relays. After some time,
the relay receives the Guard flag and the middle probability
decreases, later it loses the Guard flag and the middle probability
increases again. I waited for a long time to see whether this would
stabilize, but the behavior has remained unchanged.
I would like to ask what the possible reasons for this could be, and
whether it might be related to my configuration.
Relay fingerprint:
8E6E3B11C9AD2E9E3B3FC53A4E43D1AE3BEBE444
Tor metrics link:
https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/8E6E3B11C9AD2E9E3B3FC53A4E43D1AE3BEBE444
<https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/8E6E3B11C9AD2E9E3B3FC53A4E43D1AE3BEBE444>
Thank you in advance.
P.S. If you check the relay statistics, please ignore the low
consensus weight and probabilities during the last month, that was
caused by my own mistake.
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