[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 gk):

 Replying to [comment:2 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.

 Okay, to be clear the "Rulesets version for EFF (full)" item behind the
 HTTPS Everywhere button is bound to the ruleset update done by the
 extension? That is, as long as no update check (successfully) happened
 that UI piece does not update even though all the rulesets are there due
 to the extensions update?

 Regarding the notification I have to think a bit about that. That might
 get easier after we have transitioned away from our legacy extensions and
 included both Tor Launcher and Torbutton into the browser itself.

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