# Switching pluggable transports after a block: does it often get stuck?

**URL:** https://forum.torproject.org/t/switching-pluggable-transports-after-a-block-does-it-often-get-stuck/22224
**Category:** Censorship Circumvention
**Tags:** anti-censorship, snowflake, tor-browser
**Created:** [October 4, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/switching-pluggable-transports-after-a-block-does-it-often-get-stuck/22224 "2026-10-04T15:18:19Z")
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### Author: ![EnovaMaker](https://forum.torproject.org/user_avatar/forum.torproject.org/enovamaker/32/9206_2.png) [@EnovaMaker](https://forum.torproject.org/u/EnovaMaker)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/switching-pluggable-transports-after-a-block-does-it-often-get-stuck/22224/1 "2026-10-04T15:18:19Z")

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I’ve been reading two open Tor tickets about switching from one pluggable transport to another, which connection assist is meant to do without restarting tor: [obfs4 bridges don’t work when switching from snowflake](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/work_items/41213), where restarting tor by hand got it working again, and [16.0a2: lyrebird.exe dies when switching to snowflake on Windows](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/work_items/44624).

For people whose transport gets blocked mid-session, does this come up in support, or is it rare in practice?

(Drafted with help from Claude, an AI assistant; the question is mine.)