[tor-bugs] #32654 [Applications/Tor Launcher]: Torbrowser overides user disabling tor proxy after restart

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#32654: Torbrowser overides user disabling tor proxy after restart
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 Reporter:  woyazi                     |          Owner:  brade
     Type:  defect                     |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Low                        |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Launcher  |        Version:
 Severity:  Minor                      |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  TorBrowserTeamTriaged      |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                             |         Points:
 Reviewer:                             |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by mcs):

 Replying to [comment:3 gk]:
 > I actually think this ticket has the same underlying issue as #32224 (it
 it is an issue at all) in that anything else than a manual proxy does not
 seem to work anymore. Without looking at the code, though, nothing comes
 to mind what we could have changed.

 I think the difference with Tor Browser 9 compared to earlier versions is
 that people cannot disable the (now built-in) Tor Launcher extension. With
 Tor Launcher disabled, Torbutton did not pick up proxy settings from Tor
 Launcher and — as long as no environment variables were set — did not make
 any pref changes (see `setProxySettings()` inside `components/startup-
 observer.js`).

 A workaround is to set the `TOR_TRANSPROXY` environment variable, although
 that forces the settings as follows:
 {{{
 this._prefs.setBoolPref("network.proxy.socks_remote_dns", false);
 this._prefs.setIntPref("network.proxy.type", 0);
 this._prefs.setIntPref("network.proxy.socks_port", 0);
 this._prefs.setCharPref("network.proxy.socks", "");
 }}}

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