3 files changed, 32 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/tests/integration/test_accesslist.py b/tests/integration/test_accesslist.py
index 7d01264..3ed8ddf 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_accesslist.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_accesslist.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ produces: an empty file, and a last line with no newline after it.
 
 import os
 import struct
+import time
 import unittest
 
 from harness import Tracker, TrackerTestCase
@@ -109,9 +110,10 @@ class ListIsInPlaceBeforeTheStateFile(TrackerTestCase):
     files = {"blacklist": listing(BLOCKED)}
 
     def test_a_blacklisted_torrent_in_a_state_file_is_not_restored(self):
+        touched = int(time.time()) // 60 - 5
         path = os.path.join(self.tracker.dir, "state")
         with open(path, "w") as handle:
-            handle.write("%s:5:7\n%s:5:7\n" % (BLOCKED.hex(), ALLOWED.hex()))
+            handle.write("%s:%d:7\n%s:%d:7\n" % (BLOCKED.hex(), touched, ALLOWED.hex(), touched))
 
         restarted = Tracker(self.config, self.files, extra_args=["-l", path])
         try:
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_fullscrape.py b/tests/integration/test_fullscrape.py
index 3150612..45b3ffb 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_fullscrape.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_fullscrape.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ so these also exercise the chunked transfer the ordinary replies never take.
 
 import gzip
 import struct
+import time
 import unittest
 
 from harness import TrackerTestCase, bdecode
@@ -78,15 +79,14 @@ 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_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."""
+    def test_the_state_dump_carries_a_stamp_rather_than_a_peer_count(self):
+        """What a restart reads back. The second column is the minute the
+        torrent was last touched and not a count of anybody, by the wall
+        clock, which is the only one two runs of the tracker agree on."""
         entries = self.entries_from_lines(self.scrape_all("/stats?mode=statedump"))
         self.assertIn(self.seeding.hex().upper().encode(), entries)
-        age, completed = entries[self.seeding.hex().upper().encode()]
-        self.assertEqual(int(age), 0, "announced a moment ago")
+        stamp, completed = entries[self.seeding.hex().upper().encode()]
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(int(stamp), int(time.time()) // 60, delta=1, msg="announced a moment ago")
         self.assertEqual(int(completed), 0)
 
     # ------------------------------------------------------------ shape
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_statefile.py b/tests/integration/test_statefile.py
index 21eefae..a3c8d59 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_statefile.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_statefile.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 """The state dump and the -l switch that reads it back.
 
-Nothing exercised the load path before, and the dump's second column is now
-how long ago a torrent was last touched rather than when, because the clock
-counts from boot and an absolute stamp would mean nothing to the process
-that reads the file.
+The second column is the minute a torrent was last touched, by the wall
+clock, which is what the file has recorded for years and the only clock two
+runs of the tracker agree on.
 """
 
 import os
+import time
 import unittest
 
 from harness import Tracker, TrackerTestCase
@@ -54,23 +54,26 @@ class StateFileRoundTrip(TrackerTestCase):
             restarted._cleanup()
 
 
-class StateFileWithNonsenseAges(TrackerTestCase):
-    """The age column is read as unsigned and handed on as a signed ot_time.
-    A value at or above 2^63 arrived negative, cleared the timeout check, and
+class StateFileWithNonsenseStamps(TrackerTestCase):
+    """The column is read as unsigned and handed on as a signed ot_time. A
+    value at or above 2^63 arrived negative, cleared the timeout check, and
     put the torrent's base in the future, where the cleaner never reaches it.
     At exactly 2^63 the subtraction itself overflowed."""
 
-    AGES = {
-        "overflow": 2**63,
-        "wrapped": 2**63 + 60 * 24,
-        "minus-one": 2**64 - 1,
-        "int64-max": 2**63 - 1,
-        "past-timeout": 60 * 24 + 1,
-    }
+    def stamps(self):
+        now = int(time.time()) // 60
+        return {
+            "overflow": 2**63,
+            "minus-one": 2**64 - 1,
+            "int64-max": 2**63 - 1,
+            "in-the-future": now + 60,
+            "past-timeout": now - (24 * 60 + 1),
+        }
 
-    def test_no_age_outside_the_timeout_builds_a_torrent(self):
-        lines = ["%s:%d:7" % (self.hash_for(name).hex(), age) for name, age in self.AGES.items()]
-        lines.append("%s:5:7" % self.hash_for("honest").hex())
+    def test_no_stamp_outside_the_timeout_builds_a_torrent(self):
+        stamps = self.stamps()
+        lines = ["%s:%d:7" % (self.hash_for(name).hex(), stamp) for name, stamp in stamps.items()]
+        lines.append("%s:%d:7" % (self.hash_for("honest").hex(), int(time.time()) // 60 - 5))
 
         path = os.path.join(self.tracker.dir, "nonsense")
         with open(path, "w") as handle:
@@ -78,9 +81,9 @@ class StateFileWithNonsenseAges(TrackerTestCase):
 
         restarted = Tracker(extra_args=["-l", path])
         try:
-            for name in self.AGES:
+            for name, stamp in stamps.items():
                 self.assertNotIn(self.hash_for(name), restarted.scrape(self.hash_for(name))[b"files"],
-                                 "the line with age %d was loaded" % self.AGES[name])
+                                 "the line stamped %d was loaded" % stamp)
             self.assertIn(self.hash_for("honest"), restarted.scrape(self.hash_for("honest"))[b"files"],
                           "the state file was not read at all")
             self.assertEqual(restarted.torrent_count(), 1)