[tor-bugs] #19891 [User Experience/Website]: "Update Firefox" bug in TBB

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#19891: "Update Firefox" bug in TBB
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     Reporter:  b_meson                  |      Owner:  Sebastian
         Type:  defect                   |     Status:  new
     Priority:  High                     |  Milestone:
    Component:  User Experience/Website  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal                   |   Keywords:
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 I was running the latest TBB (6.0.3) and launched it but I was getting an
 error that "Firefox needs an update", which didn't make sense since
 Firefox is not running, the TBB fork of Firefox was. I checked the "Check
 for Tor Broswer Update" but it was not returning anything. I then re-
 downloading 6.0.3 and re-checked GPG keys (valid signatures) but was no
 longer seeing this pop-op.

 Out of an abundance of caution, I took pcaps during the time of the popup
 and I noticed all the traffic was properly routed to nodes in the Tor
 network. I clicked the button and it routed me to the Tor Project webpage
 (no SSL warnings). I can provide pcaps if needed but @mrphs says it might
 be a simple bug in the updater.

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