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24.4; eww-mode error in process sentinel 'Invalid date' when receiving a valid date

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19798: closed (24.4; eww-mode error in process sentinel
 'Invalid date' when receiving a valid date)
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2015 06:30:03 +0000

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Your message dated Sun, 08 Feb 2015 22:29:37 -0800
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and subject line Re: bug#19799: Tangentally related to eww-mode Invalid Date bug just filed
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #19798,
regarding 24.4; eww-mode error in process sentinel 'Invalid date' when receiving a valid date
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From: Matthew Carter <m <at> ahungry.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.4;
 eww-mode error in process sentinel 'Invalid date' when receiving a
 valid date
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2015 23:49:18 -0500

When running eww-mode and visiting a site using a cookie expiration date
set to "Mon, 06 Mar 2130 20:55:03 GMT" eww-mode will fail to load
subsequent URLs on the domain (in this case http://ahungry.com) and
instead simply print the following message in the echo area:

error in process sentinel: Invalid date: Mon, 06 Mar 2130 20:55:03 GMT

According to Wikipedia and other sources I can find online regarding the
HTTP cookie expires field, this date format is valid
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie) and should not be causing 
an error in the process sentinel (and even if some site sent an invalid
date, I don't think it should halt further site interaction, but either
ignore the invalid date, or ignore the cookie).

Steps to reproduce under emacs -Q:

eww
ahungry.com
RET
TAB
TAB
RET

You'll then see the error pop up (instead of visiting the Blog link on
the site).

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Matthew Carter (m <at> ahungry.com)
http://ahungry.com

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Matthew Carter <m <at> ahungry.com>
Cc: 19799 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 19798-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19799: Tangentally related to eww-mode Invalid Date bug just
 filed
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2015 22:29:37 -0800

Matthew Carter wrote:

> The issue is fixed, no more failure to load subsequent pages when an
> overflowed cookie date is encountered.

Thanks for checking, and so I'm closing Bug#19798 too.

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