Take the clock off the wall

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tests/integration/test_fullscrape.py b/tests/integration/test_fullscrape.py
index be7b502..3150612 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_fullscrape.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_fullscrape.py
@@ -78,13 +78,15 @@ class FullScrape(TrackerTestCase):
             escaped = line.rsplit(b":", 2)[0]
             self.assertIn(b"%", escaped, "these hashes are mostly unprintable bytes")
 
-    def test_the_state_dump_carries_a_base_time_rather_than_a_peer_count(self):
-        """What a restart reads back, so its second column is the torrent's
-        own clock and not a count of anybody."""
+    def test_the_state_dump_carries_an_age_rather_than_a_peer_count(self):
+        """What a restart reads back. The second column is how many minutes
+        ago the torrent was last touched, not a stamp and not a count of
+        anybody: the clock counts from boot, so an absolute time would mean
+        nothing to the process that reads it."""
         entries = self.entries_from_lines(self.scrape_all("/stats?mode=statedump"))
         self.assertIn(self.seeding.hex().upper().encode(), entries)
-        base, completed = entries[self.seeding.hex().upper().encode()]
-        self.assertGreater(int(base), 0)
+        age, completed = entries[self.seeding.hex().upper().encode()]
+        self.assertEqual(int(age), 0, "announced a moment ago")
         self.assertEqual(int(completed), 0)
 
     # ------------------------------------------------------------ shape