View Relay "badthread"

Fingerprint: 125560B129DDD64B937952662DC408FDD34B5B04 | Operator: badthread.org v2 (1 relay) ⚠ Misconfigured | Family: 1 relay | tor@badthread.org url:badthread.org... | AS213230 | United States of America | OpenBSD

Health Status

Consensus
In Consensus (has Running flag)
Flags
Fast, Running, Valid (3)
[Warning] StaleDesc
BW Verified
Measured
Stability
Overloaded | DOWN 3h 16m 5s ago | UP 69% (1M)
Reachability
N/A
First Seen
2y 3mo 2w ago
BW Weight
0.00% of Network | 6 Mbit/s Observed By Relay
Version
0.4.8.25 Not Recommended
Issues Detected:
  • File Descriptor Exhaustion : Relay ran out of file descriptors at 2026-06-14 08:00 UTC. This severely impacts connections and performance.
    Suggestion: Increase file descriptor limits: For systemd: add "LimitNOFILE=65535" to [Service] section. For shell: ulimit -n 65535. Persistent: edit /etc/security/limits.conf.

Connectivity and Location

Addresses
OR Address
badthread.org
5.161.215.230:420
Reachability (Directory Authorities)
Status
Reachability data unavailable
Location
Country
United States of America United States of America
Interactive Map
View in RouteFluxMap
Autonomous System
AS Number
AS213230
AS Name
Hetzner Online GmbH (BGP.tools)
AS Rarity
Legendary (score: 4/5, <0.05% consensus weight, 4 operators)

Bandwidth Metrics

Capacity (Relay Reported)
Observed Bandwidth
6.25 Mbit/s
Advertised Bandwidth
6.25 Mbit/s
Rate Limit
8.59 Gbit/s
Burst Limit
8.59 Gbit/s
Total Data
185 TB (5 years)
1mo: 57 GB | 6mo: 258 GB | 1y: 17 TB | 5y: 185 TB
Measurement (Directory Authority Verified)

Source: CollecTor — fetched 2026-06-15 11:15:07

Measured By
Yes (≥3 authorities)
Network Participation: Consensus Weight: 0.0004% of network (16th pctl) | Guard: N/A | Middle: N/A | Exit: N/A

Uptime and Stability

Uptime Metrics
Current Status
DOWN 3h 16m 5s ago
Overall Uptime (1M/6M/1Y/5Y)
69.7%/72.1%/71.8%/73.5%
Flag Uptime (1M/6M/1Y/5Y)
69.3%/71.9%/71.6%/73.2%
Hibernating
No
Timestamps
First Seen
2y 3mo 2w ago (2024-03-03 00:00:00)
Last Seen
3h 16m 5s ago (2026-06-15 09:00:00)
Last Restarted
2d 4h 42m ago (2026-06-13 07:33:20)
Last Changed Address
2026-04-07 01:00:00
[Warning] OVERLOADED — FD exhaustion (last: 2026-06-14)
General Overload (from /details)
Status
Not Reported

OOM killer, onionskin queue saturation, or TCP port exhaustion. Flag remains 72h after last event (Tor spec 328).

File Descriptor Exhaustion (from /bandwidth)
Status
Reported — 2026-06-14 08:00 UTC (1 days ago)
Rate Limits (from /bandwidth)

No rate limit data from /bandwidth endpoint.

Recommendations
  • Increase FD limit: ulimit -n 65535
  • systemd: LimitNOFILE=65535 in [Service]

Operator and Family

Operator Identity

Source: AROI Validation API — 2026-06-15 04:00 UTC

AROI Domain (?)
badthread.org
Operator Validation
Unvalidated
This Relay
Unvalidated
Error: DNS-RSA: TXT record not found at badthread.org
Contact
tor@badthread.org url:badthread.org proof:dns-rsa ciissversion:2
Family Configuration
Family Support
None — No family membership configured
Happy Families (family-cert)
Effective Members: 0
none
MyFamily (legacy declarations)
Effective Member: 1 
125560B129DDD64B937952662DC408FDD34B5B04 (this relay)
Alleged Members: 0
none
Indirect Members: 0
none

Software and Version

Platform
OpenBSD — Tor 0.4.8.25 on OpenBSD
Version
0.4.8.25 — Not Recommended
Version Status
Obsolete — Update urgently. See torproject.org/download

Exit Health & Policy

DNS Health
Not an exit relay — DNS health testing does not apply.
IPv4 Exit Policy Summary
reject: 
  1-65535
IPv6 Exit Policy Summary
None
Full Exit Policy
reject *:*

Last fetch was at Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:16:04 GMT.