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Thomas De Schampheleire
tests: remove race condition in test_forgot_password

One in so many times, test_forgot_password failed with:

kallithea/tests/functional/test_login.py:427: in test_forgot_password
assert '\n%s\n' % token in body
E assert ('\n%s\n' % 'd71ad3ed3c6ca637ad00b7098828d33c56579201') in
"Password Reset Request\n\nHello passwd reset,\n\nWe have received a
request to reset the password for your account.\n\nTo
s...7e89326ca372ade1d424dafb106d824cddb\n\nIf it weren't you who
requested the password reset, just disregard this message.\n"

i.e. the expected token is not the one in the email.

The token is calculated based on a timestamp (among others). And the token
is calculated twice: once in the real code and once in the test, each time
on a slightly different timestamp. Even though there is flooring of the
timestamp to a second resolution, there will always be a race condition
where the two timestamps floor to a different second, e.g. 4.99 vs 5.01.

The problem can be reproduced reliably by adding a sleep of e.g. 2 seconds
before generating the password reset mail (after the test has already
calculated the expected token).

Solve this problem by mocking the time.time() used to generate the
timestamp, so that the timestamp used for the real token is the same as the
one used for the expected token in the test.
.. _debugging:

===================
Debugging Kallithea
===================

If you encounter problems with Kallithea, here are some instructions
on how to debug them.

.. note:: First make sure you're using the latest version available.


Enable detailed debug
---------------------

Kallithea uses the standard Python ``logging`` module to log its output.
By default only loggers with ``INFO`` level are displayed. To enable full output
change ``level = DEBUG`` for all logging handlers in the currently used .ini file.
This change will allow you to see much more detailed output in the log file or
console. This generally helps a lot to track issues.


Enable interactive debug mode
-----------------------------

To enable interactive debug mode simply comment out ``set debug = false`` in
the .ini file. This will trigger an interactive debugger each time
there is an error in the browser, or send a http link if an error occurred in the backend. This
is a great tool for fast debugging as you get a handy Python console right
in the web view.

.. warning:: NEVER ENABLE THIS ON PRODUCTION! The interactive console
             can be a serious security threat to your system.