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To open **Onion Circuits**, click on the
Tor status icon ([[!img lib/symbolic/tor-disconnected.png alt="Tor status menu" link="no" class="symbolic"]]
or [[!img lib/symbolic/tor-connected.png alt="Tor status menu" link="no"
class="symbolic"]]) in the top-right corner and choose **View Tor Circuits**.
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<h1 id="view">Understanding Tor circuits</h1>
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If Tails is already [[connected to the Tor network|doc/anonymous_internet/tor]], a list of Tor circuits appears in the left pane of *Onion Circuits*.
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Each Tor circuit is made of 3 Tor relays. In the example above, the connection to **tails.net** goes through the 3 relays **drk**, **kicka**, and **Quetzalcoatl**.
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If you use a Tor bridge:
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If you don't use a Tor bridge:
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Tor uses only 2 different relays as your entry guards, as a way of [protecting against *end-to-end correlation* attacks](https://support.torproject.org/about/entry-guards/).
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Your entry guards change every time you restart Tails.
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To keep the same entry guard across different Tails sessions, use a
Tor bridge instead.
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Tails restarts Tor and all circuits are replaced if you disconnect and reconnect from your local network, for example, by turning the Wi-Fi off and on again.
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