Re: [tor-relays] relay maintenance without losing consensus weight?

Zwiebel wrote:

Tim Wilson-Brown - teor wrote:

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Zwiebel wrote: is there a way to shut down Tor relays for a short time without losing consensus weight or bandwidth?

This is a frequently asked question, particularly if you add "losing flags" to the relay operator's list of concerns.

So... is it possible?

I don't think that short maintenance outages should significantly impact consensus weight. Bandwidth takes a little while to ramp back up because people need to build circuits through your relay again.

Anyway, if you need to do maintenance, don't wait. The network benefits more from a secure, reliable relay with 5% less consensus weight. :-)