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Can a bridge carry client traffic even though the bridge hasn't been assigned to a pool?
This is evidently the case for my bridge. It's been running for quite a while and registering respectable bandwidth and client use. Uptime has been near 100%. The only downtimes have been to install OS (win7) updates and other housekeeping. I usually do this housekeeping monthly rather than weekly.
As I recall, for previous restarts I've seen pool assignments within a few hours. They've sometimes been https, sometimes email. But this last restart has been running two weeks and the bridge DB shows no pool assignment.
Has anyone else experienced this? What's the remedy?
If it would help anyone figure this out I can post details, graphs, etc. along as they don't compromise the bridge. - eliaz
Hello!
Unless something is broken, BridgeDB is still assigning your bridge to a distribution pool. However, if you're looking at your bridge in Atlas [0], then the "bridge pool assignment" field has been removed, and it should soon be removed from Globe [1] as well. See #13921. [2]
[0]: https://atlas.torproject.org [1]: https://globe.torproject.org [2]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13921