Merge remote-tracking branch 'github/prop297'

3 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/core/or/versions.c b/src/core/or/versions.c
index a1336c7a78..7bd1f5899f 100644
--- a/src/core/or/versions.c
+++ b/src/core/or/versions.c
@@ -16,6 +16,25 @@
 
 #include "core/or/tor_version_st.h"
 
+/**
+ * Return the approximate date when this release came out, or was
+ * scheduled to come out, according to the APPROX_RELEASE_DATE set in
+ * configure.ac
+ **/
+time_t
+tor_get_approx_release_date(void)
+{
+  char tbuf[ISO_TIME_LEN+1];
+  tor_snprintf(tbuf, sizeof(tbuf),
+               "%s 00:00:00", APPROX_RELEASE_DATE);
+  time_t result = 0;
+  int r = parse_iso_time(tbuf, &result);
+  if (BUG(r < 0)) {
+    result = 0;
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
 /** Return VS_RECOMMENDED if <b>myversion</b> is contained in
  * <b>versionlist</b>.  Else, return VS_EMPTY if versionlist has no
  * entries. Else, return VS_OLD if every member of
diff --git a/src/core/or/versions.h b/src/core/or/versions.h
index 4fc50a0018..acd8998918 100644
--- a/src/core/or/versions.h
+++ b/src/core/or/versions.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ typedef enum version_status_t {
   VS_UNKNOWN, /**< We have no idea. */
 } version_status_t;
 
+time_t tor_get_approx_release_date(void);
+
 version_status_t tor_version_is_obsolete(const char *myversion,
                                          const char *versionlist);
 int tor_version_parse_platform(const char *platform,
diff --git a/src/feature/nodelist/networkstatus.c b/src/feature/nodelist/networkstatus.c
index ed01576242..65ea3cc491 100644
--- a/src/feature/nodelist/networkstatus.c
+++ b/src/feature/nodelist/networkstatus.c
@@ -2681,6 +2681,9 @@ networkstatus_check_required_protocols(const networkstatus_t *ns,
   const char *required, *recommended;
   char *missing = NULL;
 
+  const bool consensus_postdates_this_release =
+    ns->valid_after >= tor_get_approx_release_date();
+
   tor_assert(warning_out);
 
   if (client_mode) {
@@ -2698,7 +2701,7 @@ networkstatus_check_required_protocols(const networkstatus_t *ns,
                  "%s on the Tor network. The missing protocols are: %s",
                  func, missing);
     tor_free(missing);
-    return 1;
+    return consensus_postdates_this_release ? 1 : 0;
   }
 
   if (! protover_all_supported(recommended, &missing)) {