[tor-bugs] #29454 [HTTPS Everywhere/EFF-HTTPS Everywhere]: Updates of HTTPS-Everywhere we ship do not seem to update the rulesets

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#29454: Updates of HTTPS-Everywhere we ship do not seem to update the rulesets
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:  legind
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_information
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  HTTPS Everywhere/EFF-HTTPS           |        Version:
  Everywhere                                     |
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
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Comment (by legind):

 gk: The extension checks for new rulesets when the browser starts, and
 subsequently at 24 hour intervals.  My guess is that the tor daemon has
 not finished bootstrapping when the initial check takes place, and thus it
 fails for the first try.

 Changing the periodicity to 30 seconds instead of every day, after a
 minute or so the rulesets do update to the latest version:

 {{{
 cd tor-browser_en-
 US/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/Browser/profile.default/extensions
 mkdir https-everywhere
 unzip -qd https-everywhere https-everywhere-eff at eff.org.xpi
 sed -i 's/periodicity = 86400;/periodicity = 30;/g' https-everywhere
 /background-scripts/update.js
 rm https-everywhere-eff at eff.org.xpi
 cd https-everywhere/
 zip -qr ../https-everywhere-eff at eff.org.xpi ./*
 cd .. && rm -rf https-everywhere
 }}}

 Keep in mind that rulesets are still bundled with the extension itself, so
 Tor Browser is still protected with whatever rulesets were present at the
 time of the last full extension release.

 Is there any way that you can notify HTTPS Everywhere when the tor
 bootstrapping process has completed?  I could create a hook for this
 event.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/29454#comment:2>
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