[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:8 legind]:
 > > Yes, but lying in the sense that the date is wrong as in the bug
 report. The user opened an old Tor Browser, updated and was confused that
 the *old date* was still shown in the display suggesting that the rules
 from that date were used while the update brought a new HTTPS-Everywhere
 version with the new rules. I think the expected behavior would be: show
 the date of applied rulesets either those that got downloaded (as is the
 case now) OR those that we got by a new HTTPS Everywhere version (which is
 not happening right now). The request on start-up might not get through
 for whatever reason...
 >
 > To avoid the problem of old rulesets still applying even when a new
 extension version is released, the simplest thing to do is probably to
 just clear the out-of-band rulesets from storage upon first load of any
 new version.  This will ensure that the extension-bundled rulesets are
 used upon each extension upgrade.  How does this sound?

 Sounds good to me. What happens to the shown date after "Rulesets version
 for EFF (full)" in that case? I guess, ideally, it would reflect the
 extension release date as that's the date of the active rulesets (until a
 new out-of-band ruleset update happens).

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