MAX_REND_FAILURES is 1, but we will try three times
Off-by-2 error counting to MAX_REND_FAILURES for onion services: In can_relaunch_service_rendezvous_point(), we check ``` if (circ->build_state->failure_count > MAX_REND_FAILURES || circ->build_state->expiry_time <= time(NULL)) { ``` to decide whether to abort the relaunch. But the incrementing of failure_count happens in the relaunch, i.e. after this code. Also, it says ">" rather than ">=". Yet the definition of MAX_REND_FAILURES is ``` /** How many times will a hidden service operator attempt to connect to a * requested rendezvous point before giving up? */ #define MAX_REND_FAILURES 1 ``` So when the first attempt fails, failure_count is 0, which is not > 1, so we try again. When the second attempt fails, failure_count is 1, which is also not > 1. It's only after the third attempt fails that we decide that MAX_REND_FAILURES has been reached. This bug affects legacy onion services, and it will also affect nextgen onion services once legacy/trac#24894 is fixed.
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