commit 1581678d45093f9ac08dd9e20152493a8fdaeddb Author: Mike Perry mikeperry-git@fscked.org Date: Thu Nov 15 19:45:41 2012 -0800

Bug 6156: Rate limit version check queries

Patch from Pearl Crescent. --- src/chrome/content/torbutton.js | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/chrome/content/torbutton.js b/src/chrome/content/torbutton.js index e629102..e305e4e 100644 --- a/src/chrome/content/torbutton.js +++ b/src/chrome/content/torbutton.js @@ -967,6 +967,23 @@ function torbutton_do_async_versioncheck() { if (!m_tb_tbb || !m_tb_prefs.getBoolPref("extensions.torbutton.versioncheck_enabled")) { return; } + + // Suppress update check if done recently. + const kLastCheckPref = "extension.torbutton.lastUpdateCheck"; + const kMinSecsBetweenChecks = 15 * 60; // 15 minutes + var now = Date.now() / 1000; + var lastCheckTime; + try { + lastCheckTime = parseFloat(m_tb_prefs.getCharPref(kLastCheckPref)); + if (isNaN(lastCheckTime)) + lastCheckTime = undefined; + } catch (e) {} + + if (lastCheckTime && ((now - lastCheckTime) < kMinSecsBetweenChecks)) + return; + + m_tb_prefs.setCharPref(kLastCheckPref, now); + torbutton_log(3, "Checking version with socks port: " +m_tb_prefs.getIntPref("extensions.torbutton.socks_port")); try {