[tbb-bugs] #26520 [Applications/Tor Browser]: NoScript is broken with TOR_SKIP_LAUNCH=1 in ESR 60-based Tor Browser

[Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki]

#26520: NoScript is broken with TOR_SKIP_LAUNCH=1 in ESR 60-based Tor Browser
-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------
 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:
                                                 |  pospeselr
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  High                                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ff60-esr, TorBrowserTeam201808,      |  Actual Points:
  noscript                                       |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------

Comment (by rustybird):

 Replying to [comment:34 ma1]:
 > If your XPI is a bootstrapped (legacy) extensions and does all its
 initialization in its startup callback yes, it's impossible for NoScript
 to be initialized first

 Theoretically, Torbutton as an **un**bootstrapped / XUL overlay flavor of
 legacy extension should load even earlier, right? Although I'm unfamiliar
 with Torbutton's startup and don't know about the potential async
 initialization work you mentioned.

 Replying to [comment:33 arthuredelstein]:
 > If we wanted to be absolutely sure, NoScript could be patched to listen
 for a "ping" and reply with a "pong". And then torbutton could repeatedly
 send "ping" (say, once a second) until it receives a "pong", and then
 proceed by sending the first updateSettings message.

 Sounds like an improvement. And if Torbutton accepts both "start" and the
 first "pong", there wouldn't even be an up to 1 second delay (which might
 be a problem if a URL is loaded quickly after browser startup, e.g. a
 non-`about:` homepage).

--
Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/26520#comment:38>
Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/>
The Tor Project: anonymity online