# \#metrics

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## [Metrics showing bridge is down despite successful connections](https://forum.torproject.org/t/metrics-showing-bridge-is-down-despite-successful-connections/22143)

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**Author:** [@torbird](https://forum.torproject.org/u/torbird)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/metrics-showing-bridge-is-down-despite-successful-connections/22143 "2026-09-30T21:07:34Z")

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The Tor relay directory consistently shows my bridge as down, despite it accepting connections. Also, Tor’s scanner tool gives the following error: dial tcp \[bridgeip\]:443: i/o timeout. Fingerprint: 2ED910AD7C5F69D9FFBF…

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## [Snowflake Daily Operations August 2026 update](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-august-2026-update/22123)

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**Author:** [@dcf](https://forum.torproject.org/u/dcf)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-august-2026-update/22123 "2026-09-13T15:56:08Z")

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Snowflake Daily Operations collects donations to fund operation of the snowflake-01 bridge. This is the August 2026 update. Users of the snowflake-01 bridge underwent a slow and steady rise through August 2026. It was p…

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## [Snowflake Daily Operations 2026 July update, and a statement about Mullvad donations](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-2026-july-update-and-a-statement-about-mullvad-donations/21954)

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**Author:** [@dcf](https://forum.torproject.org/u/dcf)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-2026-july-update-and-a-statement-about-mullvad-donations/21954 "2026-08-18T15:24:24Z")

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Every month, we post a brief report on the usage of the Snowflake bridge in the previous month, in order to keep our donors informed about what their donation enables. This time, we first have an additional statement to …

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## [过多的德国/荷兰中继导致Tor网络严重中心化](https://forum.torproject.org/t/tor/21638)

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**Author:** [@akarincode2770](https://forum.torproject.org/u/akarincode2770)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/tor/21638 "2026-08-10T00:06:26Z")

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如果留意过你的Tor电路，你会发现经常出现二到三跳全在德国或者荷兰的情况。 在一篇Onion上的博客也提到过这点。 http://opbible7nans45sg33cbyeiwqmlp5fu7lklu6jd6f3mivrjeqadco5yd.onion//opsec/germany-and-netherlands-tor-node-problem/ 但如果配置了 ExcludeNodes {de}, {nl} 和 StrictN…

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## [Is there a more comprehensive description for Tor metrics?](https://forum.torproject.org/t/is-there-a-more-comprehensive-description-for-tor-metrics/21963)

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**Author:** [@nugget](https://forum.torproject.org/u/nugget)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/is-there-a-more-comprehensive-description-for-tor-metrics/21963 "2026-08-07T13:44:10Z")

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I saw that n hours ago on my bridge, there was a spike in tor\_relay\_connections\_total. 10+ hours after, tor\_relay\_traffic\_bytes started going up and tor\_relay\_circuits\_total is fluctuating but trending upwards. I would l…

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## [Snowflake Daily Operations June 2026 update](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-june-2026-update/21830)

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**Author:** [@dcf](https://forum.torproject.org/u/dcf)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2026, 2:50am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-june-2026-update/21830 "2026-07-07T02:50:55Z")

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Snowflake Daily Operations collects donations to fund operation of the snowflake-01 bridge. This is the June 2026 update. The number of users of the snowflake-01 bridge tapered off in June 2026, following the sudden inc…

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## [Snowflake Daily Operations May 2026 update](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-may-2026-update/21693)

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**Author:** [@dcf](https://forum.torproject.org/u/dcf)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2026, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-may-2026-update/21693 "2026-06-07T09:32:17Z")

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Snowflake Daily Operations collects donations to fund operation of the snowflake-01 bridge. This is the May 2026 update. The Internet shutdown in Iran largely ended on 2026-05-26. While the Internet in Iran is still hig…

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## [Snowflake Daily Operations April 2026 update](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-april-2026-update/21546)

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**Author:** [@dcf](https://forum.torproject.org/u/dcf)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-april-2026-update/21546 "2026-05-05T16:35:09Z")

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Snowflake Daily Operations collects donations to fund operation of the snowflake-01 bridge. This is the April 2026 update. The level of use of the snowflake-01 bridge remained stable in April 2026. At the left side of t…

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## [Explanation on (negative) spikes in number of relays](https://forum.torproject.org/t/explanation-on-negative-spikes-in-number-of-relays/21415)

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**Author:** [@ttlns](https://forum.torproject.org/u/ttlns)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2026, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/explanation-on-negative-spikes-in-number-of-relays/21415 "2026-04-21T14:01:53Z")

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On 03/31/2026, the following question has been posted on r/TOR Are there any good explanations on why these spikes occurred? Might those outages imply some centralized infrastructure? If so, how is that not a mayor…

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## [Incorrect First Seen metadata for two relays on Metrics / Onionoo](https://forum.torproject.org/t/incorrect-first-seen-metadata-for-two-relays-on-metrics-onionoo/21453)

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**Author:** [@dinghy678](https://forum.torproject.org/u/dinghy678)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2026, 8:34am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/incorrect-first-seen-metadata-for-two-relays-on-metrics-onionoo/21453 "2026-04-13T08:34:44Z")

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\*\*Hi, I think I may be seeing incorrect “First Seen” metadata again for two public relays. Fingerprints: 7C9D75BC8D0A9280C3C444F015C9007623B6C369 (GhostHopWarden) 7B69D1B64DA534A86343B4E1D97DD099E96F30F6 (GhostHopShie…

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## [Snowflake Daily Operations March 2026 update](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-march-2026-update/21442)

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**Author:** [@dcf](https://forum.torproject.org/u/dcf)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-march-2026-update/21442 "2026-04-08T16:38:21Z")

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Snowflake Daily Operations collects donations to fund operation of the snowflake-01 bridge. This is the March 2026 update. Two major features are visible in the snowflake-01 bridge graphs in March 2026. The first is a m…

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## [Snowflake Daily Operations February 2026 update](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-february-2026-update/21306)

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**Author:** [@dcf](https://forum.torproject.org/u/dcf)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-february-2026-update/21306 "2026-03-05T15:31:21Z")

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Snowflake Daily Operations collects donations to fund operation of the snowflake-01 bridge. This is the February 2026 update. In February 2026, the number of users and bandwidth of the snowflake-01 bridge gradually retu…

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## [Snowflake Daily Operations January 2026 update](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-january-2026-update/21186)

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**Author:** [@dcf](https://forum.torproject.org/u/dcf)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-january-2026-update/21186 "2026-02-04T23:48:48Z")

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Snowflake Daily Operations collects donations to fund operation of the snowflake-01 bridge. This is the January 2026 update. The graph of users of the snowflake-01 bridge in January 2026 is striking: a slight relative d…

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## [Snowflake Daily Operations December 2025 update](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-december-2025-update/21066)

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**Author:** [@dcf](https://forum.torproject.org/u/dcf)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-december-2025-update/21066 "2026-01-08T11:08:54Z")

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Snowflake Daily Operations collects donations to fund operation of the snowflake-01 bridge. This is the December 2025 update. Usage of the snowflake-01 bridge was again stable throughout December 2025. There were no big…

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## [Wrong number of snowflakes](https://forum.torproject.org/t/wrong-number-of-snowflakes/20943)

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**Author:** [@Maledict](https://forum.torproject.org/u/Maledict)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/wrong-number-of-snowflakes/20943 "2025-12-15T17:33:43Z")

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Hello, The number of Snowflake users is always showing 127,599 Snowflakes proxies. Is this normal or is it supposed to be changing dynamically ?

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## [Snowflake Daily Operations November 2025 update](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-november-2025-update/20907)

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**Author:** [@dcf](https://forum.torproject.org/u/dcf)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-november-2025-update/20907 "2025-12-05T11:35:45Z")

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Snowflake Daily Operations collects donations to fund operation of the snowflake-01 bridge. This is the November 2025 update. Usage of the snowflake-01 bridge was stable throughout November 2025. There were no big chang…

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## [Snowflake Daily Operations October 2025 update](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-october-2025-update/20752)

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**Author:** [@dcf](https://forum.torproject.org/u/dcf)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-october-2025-update/20752 "2025-11-05T03:18:16Z")

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Snowflake Daily Operations collects donations to fund operation of the snowflake-01 bridge. This is the October 2025 update. There was a slight increase in users and bandwidth of the snowflake-01 bridge in October 2025. …

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## [Snowflake Daily Operations September 2025 update](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-september-2025-update/20658)

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**Author:** [@dcf](https://forum.torproject.org/u/dcf)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-september-2025-update/20658 "2025-10-07T20:04:08Z")

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Snowflake Daily Operations collects donations to fund operation of the snowflake-01 bridge. This is the September 2025 update. Everything remained stable during September 2025 with regard to the snowflake-01 bridge. Use…

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## [Snowflake Daily Operations August 2025 update](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-august-2025-update/20539)

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**Author:** [@dcf](https://forum.torproject.org/u/dcf)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-august-2025-update/20539 "2025-09-06T22:36:49Z")

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Snowflake Daily Operations collects donations to fund operation of the snowflake-01 bridge. This is the August 2025 update. The biggest event affecting Snowflake metrics in August 2025 was an outage of the snowflake-02 …

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## [Snowflake Daily Operations July 2025 update](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-july-2025-update/20350)

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**Author:** [@dcf](https://forum.torproject.org/u/dcf)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-july-2025-update/20350 "2025-08-11T00:07:23Z")

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Snowflake Daily Operations collects donations to fund operation of the snowflake-01 bridge. This is the July 2025 update. The snowflake-01 bridge began and ended the month of July 2025 with about the same user count—20,…

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## [Snowflake Daily Operations June 2025 update](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-june-2025-update/19809)

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**Author:** [@dcf](https://forum.torproject.org/u/dcf)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-june-2025-update/19809 "2025-07-08T14:55:55Z")

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Snowflake Daily Operations collects donations to fund operation of the snowflake-01 bridge. This is the June 2025 update. A major event happened in June 2025: a near-total Internet shutdown in Iran that lasted about 2.5…

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## [Snowflake Daily Operations May 2025 update](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-may-2025-update/19313)

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**Author:** [@dcf](https://forum.torproject.org/u/dcf)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-may-2025-update/19313 "2025-06-10T13:52:26Z")

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Snowflake Daily Operations collects donations to fund operation of the snowflake-01 bridge. This is the May 2025 update. The number of users from Turkmenistan, which increased greatly at the end of April 2025, became so…

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## [Snowflake Daily Operations April 2025 update](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-april-2025-update/18813)

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**Author:** [@dcf](https://forum.torproject.org/u/dcf)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-april-2025-update/18813 "2025-05-09T14:12:25Z")

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Snowflake Daily Operations collects donations to fund operation of the snowflake-01 bridge. This is the April 2025 update. The number of users of the snowflake-01 bridge, as well as its bandwidth, were flat through most…

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## [Are Tor routing nodes often subject to DoS attacks?](https://forum.torproject.org/t/are-tor-routing-nodes-often-subject-to-dos-attacks/18799)

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**Author:** [@everydayisok](https://forum.torproject.org/u/everydayisok)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 8, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/are-tor-routing-nodes-often-subject-to-dos-attacks/18799 "2025-05-08T14:03:43Z")

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The IP addresses of Tor routing nodes are exposed to public view via consensus files, so why haven’t some attackers launched traditional DoS attacks on routing nodes? It results in every routing node being unavailable or…

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## [Snowflake Daily Operations March 2025 update](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-march-2025-update/18266)

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**Author:** [@dcf](https://forum.torproject.org/u/dcf)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-march-2025-update/18266 "2025-04-07T08:40:12Z")

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Snowflake Daily Operations collects donations to fund operation of the snowflake-01 bridge. This is the March 2025 update. The trend from last month continued in March 2025, with the overall number of users of the snowf…

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## [  Snowflake Daily Operations February 2025 update](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-february-2025-update/17759)

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**Author:** [@dcf](https://forum.torproject.org/u/dcf)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-february-2025-update/17759 "2025-03-06T11:39:07Z")

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Snowflake Daily Operations collects donations to fund operation of the snowflake-01 bridge. This is the February 2025 update. There was a decrease in the number of users of the snowflake-01 bridge in February 2025, and …

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## [Snowflake Daily Operations January 2025 update](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-january-2025-update/17357)

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**Author:** [@dcf](https://forum.torproject.org/u/dcf)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-january-2025-update/17357 "2025-02-11T19:20:11Z")

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Snowflake Daily Operations collects donations to fund operation of the snowflake-01 bridge. This is the January 2025 update. The number of users and bandwidth usage of the snowflake-01 bridge remained stable throughout …

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## [Snowflake Daily Operations December 2024 update](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-december-2024-update/16726)

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**Author:** [@dcf](https://forum.torproject.org/u/dcf)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-daily-operations-december-2024-update/16726 "2025-01-07T17:55:22Z")

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Snowflake Daily Operations collects donations to fund operation of the snowflake-01 bridge. This is the December 2024 update. There was a minor decrease in users of the snowflake-01 bridge at the end of December 2024, m…

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## [Anyone seeing big difference in Snowflake proxy utilization after upgrade to 2.10.1?](https://forum.torproject.org/t/anyone-seeing-big-difference-in-snowflake-proxy-utilization-after-upgrade-to-2-10-1/15851)

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**Author:** [@WofWca](https://forum.torproject.org/u/WofWca)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/anyone-seeing-big-difference-in-snowflake-proxy-utilization-after-upgrade-to-2-10-1/15851 "2024-12-24T18:34:52Z")

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I saw this post: It claims that Snowflake proxy usage went to the moon after an upgrade from 2.9.2 to 2.10.x. However, I personally do not see a commit that could explain such a huge difference. Here is comparison of …

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## [Change RDNS from one domain to another](https://forum.torproject.org/t/change-rdns-from-one-domain-to-another/16326)

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**Author:** [@Spooky69eu](https://forum.torproject.org/u/Spooky69eu)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/change-rdns-from-one-domain-to-another/16326 "2024-12-23T00:49:36Z")

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When i first setup all of my exit nodes i used different subdomains of a particular domain. I am wanting to change my RDNS to another domain. Will this mess up any of my exit relay flags? Or is it safe to just switch? Ed…

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