When a link is painfully slow

Onion speed depends on the relays in your circuit, which vary from one connection to the next.

Quick fixes

• Request a new circuit; a different path is often much faster.
• Switch to the other link; the two are independent paths to the same market.
• During network-wide congestion everything is slow at once. That passes on its own.

If clearnet browsing over the same Tor is also slow, the cause is the network, not the market. There is nothing to fix on the market side; a new circuit and a little patience are the remedy.

Last reviewed 2026-07-14.