Standup Notes 2020 04 08

Topics and Call-outs

• Next Client release

  • Timeout tweaks for large syncs - small client PR to bump timeout to 60
  • Missing Submission Key issue - https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/issues/140
  • Wrapping long, unbroken lines - https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/issues/815 (PR in progress)

• Staging env pain points

  • Follow-up architectural discussion needed?
  • Erik to schedule chat re: staging/development env

Allie

Yesterday:

• Reviewed Kushal's PR to fix the issue with long strings without spaces or dashes not wrapping
• Investigated and started documenting timeouts across workstation components: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation/issues/525#issuecomment-610605035
• Did more scalability testing and still seeing timeouts on staging with 1000 sources
• Started looking into making labels selectable in the client

Today:

• Bump client sync timeout from 40 to 60 seconds
• Continue investigation on staging timeouts with less than 1000 sources, somewhere closer to what our pilots org have ~300 to make sure timeouts aren't happening at much lower numbers too
• See if there is a third option for fixing long strings not wrapping in QLabels, continue to be available for re-review
• Continue to look into making labels selectable and why it's causing the client to crash
• Depending on John's schedule and timing, may start https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/issues/140 if he doesn't get to it first

Blockers or Asks:

• None

Conor

Yesterday:

• Kernel test fixes, package tweaks
• Revised (again) SDW logging PR https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation/pull/523

Today:

• Poke at HTTPSEverywhere if time allows

Blockers or Asks:

• Pilot install schedule question
• Support folks: any reason NOT to drop 4.4.x kernels from SD server metapackage? Plan to do so shortly in https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5188

Erik

Yesterday:

• Pilot comms
• Discussed updater changes w/ Mickael, start on those

Today:

• Pilot comms
• Continue on updater changes
• May poke at trademark policy if time permits

Blockers or Asks: None

Jen

Yesterday / since last standup:

• Fixed one of my two issues in the wip duplicate job PR, one more to go
• Discussed URL plan for HTTPS-Everywhere with kushal just now, will write up today and share for feedback

Today:

• Will re-review john's cache changes
• Writing up URL plan for review with team
• getting to 2nd issue in my duplicate job pr at lower priority that the above two things
• maybe testing timings :-)

Blockers or Asks:

• None

John

Yesterday:

• timeouts, meetings, talking

Today:

• gpg key handling

Blockers or Asks:

• None

Kev

Yesterday:

• Staging env testing
• Kernel testing on 1Us

Today:

• Docs for how to set up SecureDrop Workstation w/ different test environments & datasets

Blockers or Asks: None

Kushal

Today:

• https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/pull/1050
  • tried to dig deep into what all things we can do on this, doing UI is diffciult.
• meetings Tomorrow:

Blockers or Asks:

Mickael

Yesterday:

Today: Install fun

Blockers or Asks:

Nina

Yesterday:

Today:

Blockers or Asks:

Ro

Yesterday:

• support comms + many meetings
• all my days are a blur

Today:

• play around with MFA HOTP/TOTP issue that an instance is having to try to repro
• https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/4952
• can be available for QA if req'd

Blockers or Asks:

• none