Standup Notes 2020 04 01

Participants (alphabetical): Allie, Conor, Erik, Jen, John, Kevin, Kushal, Mickael, Nina, Ro

Topics and Call-outs

• reboot behavior:

  • mickael has draft pr open

  • struggling to repro reliably, conor to script short task to bruteforce repro

  • let's ask about rpc pause

  • Erik to test https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation/pull/522/files , including with templates running

  • Conor will create testing script to simplify repro

• Check in on server API fix / signed patch creation

  • merge is blocked on dependency update, which will ensure CI passes: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5180
    • Mickael is working on fix
  • Jen will investigate client interaction / database representation of deleted users
  • patching SuperFun instance, other staging/prod instances
    • Jen will patch
  • updating test plan
    • Kev will update test plan
  • Creating signed patch
    • Jen/Mickael or Conor, depending on timing

• qmemman fixes incoming

  • go figure, it was kills that contributed to failure
  • worst case user impact: extreme sluggishness during ordinary use
  • https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-core-admin/pull/331

Allie

Yesterday: (PTO) (Day before...)

• Created a fix for layout/ sizing issues with conversation widgets
• Reviewed/ merged proxy timeout PR
• More scalability testing, https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/issues/1007 still open, some results https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/issues/1009#issuecomment-606167102
• Tested/reviewed https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/pull/1024 Today:
• Review scalability PRs in the client
• Review https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-sdk/pull/118
• Review any sdk or proxy PRs that address https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/issues/1007

Blockers or Asks:

• None

Conor

Yesterday:

• submitted logs for qmemman
• open issue for more logging in SDW

Today:

• docs review https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/pull/1032

• testing Workstation reboot order PR https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation/pull/522

  • will script repro of underlying issue more reliably

  • can we "pause" RPC behavior? (will ask marek on ticket)

• spike on reboot logging behavior https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation/issues/521

• testing qmemman changes

Blockers or Asks:

• qmemman patch here for those affected https://github.com/marmarek/qubes-core-admin/commit/dd50e300c3f27e31cc26a9f503c95b11aaf9be25

Erik

Yesterday:

• Pilot support, testing
• Tested Tails admin password PR
• Issues/milestone cleanup
• Got Nina set up on staging

Today:

• Test reboot order PR
• Sprint prep for tomorrow
• QA on urgent fixes as needed

Blockers or Asks: None

Jen

Yesterday / before standup:

• securedrop-client release
• few small items that have been on my to do list, like updating the pip args for securedrop-log deb package build, all in review
• looked at kushal's fix for server issue found yesterday, looks good. tested with client, all behaves well.

Today:

• looking at maybe modifying patch for deleted user case
• creating patch for applying server fix privately before release
• applying patch manually to SF instance

Blockers or Asks:

• none

John

Yesterday:

Today:

Blockers or Asks:

Kev

Yesterday:

• Shadowed pilot install
• Small docs update in response
• Worked on getting staging VM running in Qubes

Today:

• Test plan updates
• Testing as needed

Blockers or Asks:

Kushal

Today:

• PR Filed https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5176 to have API replies for deleted journalists (took most of my day)
• Found https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5179 (different versions of pytest in securedrop requirements files)

Tomorrow:

• Submit an idea on doing end to end testing of the workstation in an issue
• Whatever else comes up from feedback Blockers or Asks:
• None

Mickael

Yesterday:

• Pilot install
• https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation/pull/522

Today:

• 5180-5181 dependency updates + diff review for pyyaml
• Help with patch release/testing

Blockers or Asks: None

Nina

Yesterday:

Today:

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Ro

Yesterday:

• Support comms
• Meetings
• Repro'd libxenlight issue, shared logs in ticket
• IVF

Today:

• Arranged call for Fri with NGO interested in SD: me + kev
• reviewed https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation-docs/pull/26
• Need to work on audit report today--hopefully a writing day

Blockers or Asks:

• will check in on Wire support channel regarding IVF before I share results with the org
• may ask for clarifications on applying patch to my instance re: #5180