'Running' flag for counting bridges and network size
Rdsys is ignoring 'running' flag[1] and some operators are stopping to expose their ORPort[2]. It means that more bridges will appear as offline in Metrics website, while they are perfect fine and being distributed.
I wonder if this will affect the number of bridges that are being counted: https://metrics.torproject.org/networksize.html
From Reproducible metrics:
Relay flags: Parse relay flag from the "s" line. If there is no "Running" flag, skip this entry. This ensures that we only consider running bridges.
https://metrics.torproject.org/reproducible-metrics.html#running-bridges
[1] https://forum.torproject.org/t/orport-127-0-0-1-auto/8470/2 and https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2023-June/003642.html
Edited by Gus