Investigate intermittent errors when adding domains that support MTA-STS.

[sydneyli]

Initially reported at EFForg/starttls-everywhere#146:

When I'm trying to submit my domain with an MTA STS policy at https://starttls-everywhere.org/add-domain/ I get the following error:

"Domain does not correctly implement MTA-STS."

The error comes from an API endpoint at https://starttls-everywhere.org/api/queue

I am not aware that anything is wrong with my MTA-STS setup. I also would strongly suggest to provide more meaningful error messages.

[Sh4d1]

I'm having the same issue, anything I can do?

[sydneyli]

I'm having the same issue, anything I can do?

@Sh4d1 Could you send more details to starttls-policy@eff.org ? Just the domain would suffice for now.

[hannob]

I can no longer reproduce this. But I have a suspicion.

Trying it out with another domain I learned that I first have to run the "checker" on the start page. I guess the error came from previously cached information.

I feel however that this is a poor design. The frontend should automatically run the checker if needed and make sure no outdated results are cached.

[sydneyli]

Ah, that's correct-- the form endpoint fetches cached information for the time being instead of conducting a new scan. That shouldn't be too difficult to fix!