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Tor not working till browser restart if page is opened just after clean install

See original GitHub issue

Follow up from https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/3058

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Clean install (make sure that profile does not exists)
  2. Immediately after Brave is launched open https://check.torproject.org/ in Tor Window
  3. Close Tor Window
  4. Open Tor Window and open a page

Actual result:

Page is not opened. Error page is always shown Tor is not initialized.

Note: browser restart fixes this issue

Expected result:

Tor is initialized

Reproduces how often:

Easily reproduced

Brave version (brave://version info)

Verification passed on

Brave 0.61.38 Chromium: 73.0.3683.39 (Official Build) beta (64-bit)
Revision cc53b0e12fcaf42e4bab8d6c23bd4fb7aae99f6c-refs/branch-heads/3683@{#413}
OS Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Build 7601.24312

cc @brave/legacy_qa @tomlowenthal @riastradh-brave

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 5 years ago
  • Comments:5 (1 by maintainers)

github_iconTop GitHub Comments

1reaction
btlechowskicommented, Nov 19, 2020

Probably fixed by https://github.com/brave/brave-core/pull/7069

Added it to 1.19.x milestone so it can be retested.

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GeetaSarvadnyacommented, Jan 8, 2021

Verification passed on


Brave | 1.19.66 Chromium: 87.0.4280.101 (Official Build) dev (64-bit)
-- | --
Revision | 9407c80213cda69c2b7abcb4fa8e3f74488f4956-refs/branch-heads/4280@{#1807}
OS | Windows 10 OS Version 2004 (Build 19041.685)


Verification passed on

Brave 1.19.73 Chromium: 87.0.4280.101 (Official Build) dev (64-bit)
Revision 9407c80213cda69c2b7abcb4fa8e3f74488f4956-refs/branch-heads/4280@{#1807}
OS Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Verified test plan from the description and https://github.com/brave/brave-core/pull/7069. Rest of testing done in https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/12429#issuecomment-749591924


Verified passed with

Brave | 1.19.79 Chromium: 87.0.4280.141 (Official Build) dev (x86_64)
-- | --
Revision | 9f05d1d9ee7483a73e9fe91ddcb8274ebcec9d7f-refs/branch-heads/4280@{#2007}
OS | macOS Version 10.15.7 (Build 19H15)

Verified STR from description. Additional testing notes can be found under https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/12429#issuecomment-749591924

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