[tor-bugs] #33336 [Circumvention/Snowflake]: Trial deployment of Snowflake with Turbo Tunnel

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#33336: Trial deployment of Snowflake with Turbo Tunnel
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 Reporter:  dcf                      |          Owner:  dcf
     Type:  task                     |         Status:  accepted
 Priority:  Medium                   |      Milestone:
Component:  Circumvention/Snowflake  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                   |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  turbotunnel              |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by dcf):

 Replying to [comment:4 dcf]:
 > Both builds have [https://gitweb.torproject.org/user/dcf/tor-browser-
 build.git/commit/?h=snowflake-turbotunnel-
 kcp&id=59aa57b64682a17f4aaa62fae9633732dce4a1a9 a commit] that attempts to
 disable automatic updates for 60 days. My reasoning is that we don't want
 our testers to experience an automatic update while they are testing these
 special builds, because an update would remove the snowflake-turbotunnel
 features. But also, if someone for some reason decides to keep using an
 experimental build, we don't want them to be stuck on a non-updating
 browser forever.

 The prefs I set to disable automatic updates didn't work. I got updated to
 [https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-95a6 today]. If it
 happens to you, you need to re-download the snowflake-turbotunnel
 packages, then set `app.update.auto=false` in about:config the first time
 you run it. Alternatively, go to Preferences, General, and select "Check
 for updates but let you choose to install them." You will still have the
 option to update manually, but it won't happen automatically.

 Apparently setting `app.update.interval` to a large value doesn't work
 anymore. I'm pretty sure it was working in #29611. I found
 [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1560115#c2 a Bugzilla
 comment] that says "The maximum value allowed is 86400 which is 24 hours."
 I searched the source code at https://dxr.mozilla.org/ for the place where
 this maximum is enforced, but couldn't find it.

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