diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index b7b24daef5..eece4f7c4b 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,29 @@ +Changes in version 0.2.2.13-alpha - 2010-04-24 + o Major bugfixes: + - Relays now close idle circuits early if it looks like they were + intended for directory fetches. Relays are also more aggressive + about closing TLS connections that have no circuits on them. Such + circuits are unlikely to be re-used, and tens of thousands of them + were piling up at the fast relays, causing the relays to run out + of sockets and memory. Bugfix on 0.2.0.22-rc (where clients started + tunneling their directory fetches over TLS). + + o Minor features: + - Finally get rid of the deprecated and now harmful notion of + "clique mode", where directory authorities maintain TLS connections + to every other relay. + - Directory authorities now do an immediate reachability check as soon + as they hear about a new relay. This change should slightly reduce + the time between setting up a relay and getting listed as running + in the consensus. It should also improve the time between setting + up a bridge and seeing use by bridge users. + - Directory authorities no longer launch a TLS connection to every + relay as they startup. Now that we have 2k+ descriptors cached, + the resulting network hiccup is becoming a burden. Besides, + authorities already avoid voting about Running for the first half + hour of their uptime. + + Changes in version 0.2.2.12-alpha - 2010-04-20 Tor 0.2.2.12-alpha fixes a critical bug in how directory authorities handle and vote on descriptors. It was causing relays to drop out of diff --git a/changes/close_begindir_circs b/changes/close_begindir_circs deleted file mode 100644 index 3b1ee879c5..0000000000 --- a/changes/close_begindir_circs +++ /dev/null @@ -1,7 +0,0 @@ - o Major bugfixes: - - Relays now close idle circuits early if it looks like they were - intended for directory fetches. Such circuits are unlikely to - be re-used, and tens of thousands of them were piling up at the - fast relays, causing the relays to run out of sockets and memory. - Bugfix on 0.2.0.22-rc (where clients started tunneling their - directory fetches over TLS). diff --git a/changes/close_idle_conns_faster b/changes/close_idle_conns_faster deleted file mode 100644 index 9eff607c37..0000000000 --- a/changes/close_idle_conns_faster +++ /dev/null @@ -1,6 +0,0 @@ - o Major bugfixes: - - Make relays more aggressive about closing TLS connections that - have no circuits on them. Tens of thousands of them were piling - up at the fast relays, causing the relays to run out of sockets - and memory. Bugfix on 0.2.0.22-rc (where clients started tunneling - their directory fetches over TLS). diff --git a/changes/immediate_reachability_check b/changes/immediate_reachability_check deleted file mode 100644 index 0352356ef9..0000000000 --- a/changes/immediate_reachability_check +++ /dev/null @@ -1,7 +0,0 @@ - o Minor features: - - Directory authorities now do an immediate reachability check as soon - as they hear about a new relay. This change should slightly reduce - the time between setting up a relay and getting listed as running - in the consensus. It should also improve the time between setting - up a bridge and seeing use by bridge users. - diff --git a/changes/kill_clique_mode b/changes/kill_clique_mode deleted file mode 100644 index 82283a8ea7..0000000000 --- a/changes/kill_clique_mode +++ /dev/null @@ -1,4 +0,0 @@ - o Minor features: - - Finally get rid of the deprecated and now harmful notion of - "clique mode", where directory authorities maintain TLS connections - to every other relay. diff --git a/changes/no_reachability_test_on_startup b/changes/no_reachability_test_on_startup deleted file mode 100644 index e6a57a0d60..0000000000 --- a/changes/no_reachability_test_on_startup +++ /dev/null @@ -1,6 +0,0 @@ - o Minor features: - - Directory authorities no longer launch a TLS connection to every - relay as they startup. Now that we have 2k+ descriptors cached, - the resulting network hiccup is becoming a burden. Besides, - authorities already avoid voting about Running for the first half - hour of their uptime.