Hi Joel. Where are you getting Purpose:
Ags=is_internal,need_capacity, from? Those values are build flags
rather than purposes...
https://stem.torproject.org/api/control.html#stem.CircBuildFlag
Stem should presently document all the values tor can give - all that
notice is just letting you know
Thanks for your answer Damian. That explains the circuits' existence
somewhat, though I usually also see new circuits get created after the
original ones are closed. For example, in my screenshot below, there are
two circuits, but they were soon closed and about 10 minutes later, three
new ones
In this case, I've got two
circuits constructed, with the unusual purposes shown. Any idea what it
means in this context?
Seems to be a parsing error. Arm's last release uses TorCtl which has
been deprecated for quite some time and is probably getting confused
by those entries. The next
I'm running a relay that I do not intend to use for anything else, so I set
SocksPort to 0. I usually have two or three circuits established anyway,
though, so I guess I haven't managed to disable creating those. I'm not
sure what they are for. They are always labeled Purpose:
