Description
Description
When clicking on the purple Tor button in the URL bar to navigate to the Tor version of a specific site, the page never seems to start loading. It's like the Tor session never connects. No progress spinner is displayed on the Tor tab. Only after opening a new blank tab in the Tor window and then going back to the previous tab and refreshing will the Tor page load.
NOTE: This does not happen if there is already an open Tor window. This bug only triggers when no previous Tor session exists.
Steps to Reproduce
- Make sure all Tor windows are closed
- Go to nytimes.com
- Click the Tor button in the URL bar
- Notice that a new Tor window pops up, but nothing loads. The title of the page remains "New Private Tab".
- Open a new blank tab in the same Tor window. Make sure it says Tor is connected.
- Go back to previous tab and refresh. Page will now load.
Actual result:
If a user clicks on the purple Tor button and no previous Tor session exists, Tor page refuses to load
Expected result:
Purple Tor button should reliably open the tor page, even if it has to create a new Tor session to do so.
Reproduces how often:
Every time
Brave version (brave://version info)
1.65.123 Chromium: 124.0.6367.91 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Version/Channel Information:
- Can you reproduce this issue with the current release? Yes
- Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel? Not tested
- Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel? Not tested
Other Additional Information:
- Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? No
- Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards? No
- Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? N/A
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rebron commentedon Apr 30, 2024
cc: @fmarier @MadhaviSeelam
fmarier commentedon Apr 30, 2024
For me, it does eventually load, but there is no feedback at all during the bootstrapping phase (which can take a long time).
Tested with brave.com and then clicking on the purple Tor button in the URL bar
MadhaviSeelam commentedon May 2, 2024
Verified with both brave.com & nytimes.com on 1.65.126 on Win 11. Noticed as below:
brave.com
brave.mp4
nytimes.com
2024-05-02_10h08_40.mp4
urbenlegend commentedon May 2, 2024
As of Brave version 1.65.126 Chromium: 124.0.6367.118 (Official Build) (64-bit), it does seem to eventually load. Maybe the failed load I experienced before and what MadhaviSeelam experienced was just typical Tor slowness?
I did a timing test for nytimes.com and they seem to line up okay:
But yeah, I think there does need to be some loading feedback. Maybe the Tor private browsing intro page should be shown first and then once it connects transition over to loading the destination page?
fmarier commentedon May 2, 2024
Agreed. I've retitled the issue to that effect.
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