I know that we have sometimes 1, 4, 5, 6 or 7 hops circuit but the general case
is considered here and we have no stats on how frequent those unusual circuits
are.
When I tested hidden service path lengths:
Most clients cannibalized a 3-hop path for their directory, introduction point, and rendezvous circuits. So 4-hop paths may be quite frequent on the client side of hidden services.
On the server side, it depends on how busy the hidden service is - whether it has any preemptively built paths to cannibalize or not.
If so, it's side is typically 4 hops, if not, it is 3.
It would be great to have some stats for typical path lengths, is there an open ticket for this, or should I create one?
Tim
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