From 924a7bc533c0dff7954fbd47919a0e4eba5e3add Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: orignal <i2porignal@yandex.ru>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2021 12:29:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] use connected peers if others not available

---
 libi2pd/TunnelPool.cpp | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libi2pd/TunnelPool.cpp b/libi2pd/TunnelPool.cpp
index f7603652..07d9a205 100644
--- a/libi2pd/TunnelPool.cpp
+++ b/libi2pd/TunnelPool.cpp
@@ -430,6 +430,11 @@ namespace tunnel
 		for(int i = 0; i < numHops; i++ )
 		{
 			auto hop = nextHop (prevHop, inbound);
+			if (!hop && !i) // if no suitable peer found for first hop, try already connected
+			{	
+				LogPrint (eLogInfo, "Tunnels: Can't select first hop for a tunnel. Trying already connected");
+				hop = i2p::transport::transports.GetRandomPeer ();
+			}	
 			if (!hop)
 			{
 				LogPrint (eLogError, "Tunnels: Can't select next hop for ", prevHop->GetIdentHashBase64 ());