[tor-bugs] #17917 [Tor Browser]: Changelog after update is empty if JS is disabled

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#17917: Changelog after update is empty if JS is disabled
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 Reporter:  gk           |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect       |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium       |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal       |     Resolution:
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Comment (by mikeperry):

 Replying to [comment:6 mcs]:
 > Replying to [comment:5 mikeperry]:
 > > Hrmm. Odd, though, since all 'about:' URLs should be whitelisted by
 NoScript. Maybe whatever we are doing to hide the URL bar is causing
 NoScript to fail to realize the page should be whitelisted?
 >
 > Ah ha! Do you know where NoScript gets its list of whitelisted URLs? I
 do not see about:tbupdate there, but I think it needs to be.

 The whitelists are in extension-overrides.js in the gitian repo, under
 Bundle-Data. There's one for each platform. Ex: Bundle-
 Data/linux/Data/Browser/profile.default/preferences/extension-overrides.js

 However, if you list just the scheme in there, it is supposed to cover
 every single page that is a part of that scheme. And we list 'about:',
 which should cover about:tbupdate. I think maybe something else (the url
 bar being blank? just a guess though) is causing scripts to still get
 blocked on this page.

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