[tor-bugs] #9292 [Tor bundles/installation]: Undesirable TorBrowser behavior via Torbutton via Tor Browser Bundle for GNU/Linux

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#9292: Undesirable TorBrowser behavior via Torbutton via Tor Browser Bundle for
GNU/Linux
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks               |          Owner:  erinn        
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new          
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:               
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.3.25
 Keywords:                            |         Parent:               
   Points:                            |   Actualpoints:               
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 Manual selection of New Identity via Torbutton often causes TorBrowser to
 close and reopen but it's infrequent. It doesn't appear to affect
 TorBrowser's core function as opposed to just displaying unexpected
 behavior by causing the Web browser window to close and reopen.

 I initially considered it something which perhaps I just hadn't experience
 of before as I prefer to use Vidalia Control Panel to use its functions
 instead; which are neigh identical to Torbutton. But it is behavior which
 I neither expected nor could anticipate and so I often made a choice to
 stop using TorBrowser altogether because it didn't feel safe to continue
 to do so; instead I chose to extract another copy of it and begin to use
 TorBrowser anew instead.

 Circuit creation is as I'd expect if I select New Identity via Vidalia
 Control Panel but unlike using Torbutton it doesn't cause the TorBrowser
 to change its behavior whatsoever.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/9292>
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