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authortv <tv@krebsco.de>2026-11-03 02:00:58 +0100
committertv <tv@krebsco.de>2026-11-03 02:00:58 +0100
commitadecfcff1a818cb6d80fd8e24412830ef0988e65 (patch)
treeeca30977e4308db344eeb4231efa8959e3199355 /docs
parent02989b6a22a7bbd2151d6a4ea4fe6dddc9f2995b (diff)
probe list members
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@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ Retries: an unanswered HELLO is resent after 1 s, doubling up to 30 s. To an
unreachable peer (dormant, or three unanswered HELLOs) it is a probe: after
`dormant_probe`, doubling up to 6 × `dormant_probe` (or `--dormant-probe-max`, which is
every wait if shorter); members get probes even when they
-aren't neighbours. A member a HELLO_REPLY lists among the sender's active neighbours is
+aren't neighbours: those in the member list, as well as those whose HELLO_REPLY said so.
+After a restart none has answered yet, and members that restart together may each fail
+to reach the others at first (not up yet): without probes, none would try again. A member a HELLO_REPLY lists among the sender's active neighbours is
probed at once: the sender reaches it, so after a partition the first pair to find each
other again brings the others' probes forward, and the sides reconnect within seconds
rather than pair by pair. So are all unreachable members once this node becomes