tor-qa November 2021

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Tor Browser 11.0.1 is ready for testing
by Matthew Finkel 13 Nov '21

13 Nov '21

Hello! We are happy to announce the first Tor Browser 11.0.1 release candidate for wider testing. Packages can be found at: https://people.torproject.org/~sysrqb/builds/11.0.1-build1/ Tor Browser 11.0.1 contain numerous bug fixes. The full changelog since Tor Browser 11.0 is: * Windows + OS X + Linux * Tor Launcher 0.2.32 * Bug 40059: YEC activist sign empty in about:tor on RTL locales [torbutton] * Bug 40383: Workaround issue in https-e wasm [tor-browser-build] * Bug 40438: Add Blockchair as a search engine [tor-browser] * Bug 40689: Change Blockchair Search provider's HTTP method [tor-browser] * Bug 40690: Browser chrome breaks when private browsing mode is turned off [tor-browser] * Bug 40700: Switch Firefox recommendations off by default [tor-browser]

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Tor Browser 11.0 is ready for testing
by Matthew Finkel 07 Nov '21

07 Nov '21

Hello! We are happy to announce the first Tor Browser 11.0 release candidate for wider testing. Packages can be found at: https://people.torproject.org/~sysrqb/builds/11.0-build1/ Tor Browser 11.0 updates Firefox to 91.3.0esr. The full changelog since Tor Browser 10.5.10 is: * Windows + OS X + Linux * Update Firefox to 91.3.0esr * Update Tor to tor-0.4.6.8 * Bug 32624: localStorage is not shared between tabs [tor-browser] * Bug 33125: Remove xpinstall.whitelist.add* as they don't do anything anymore [tor-browser] * Bug 34188: Cleanup extensions.* prefs [tor-browser] * Bug 40004: Convert tl-protocol to async. [tor-launcher] * Bug 40012: Watch all requested tor events [tor-launcher] * Bug 40027: Make torbutton_send_ctrl_cmd async [torbutton] * Bug 40042: Add missing parameter of createTransport [torbutton] * Bug 40043: Delete all plugin-related protections [torbutton] * Bug 40045: Teach the controller about status_client [torbutton] * Bug 40046: Support arbitrary watch events [torbutton] * Bug 40047: New string for Security Level panel [torbutton] * Bug 40048: Protonify Circuit Display Panel [torbutton] * Bug 40053: investigate fingerprinting potential of extended TextMetrics interface [tor-browser] * Bug 40083: Make sure Region.jsm fetching is disabled [tor-browser] * Bug 40177: Clean up obsolete preferences in our 000-tor-browser.js [tor-browser] * Bug 40220: Make sure tracker cookie purging is disabled [tor-browser] * Bug 40342: Set `gfx.bundled-fonts.activate = 1` to preserve current bundled fonts behaviour [tor-browser] * Bug 40463: Disable network.http.windows10-sso.enabled in FF 91 [tor-browser] * Bug 40483: Deutsche Welle v2 redirect [tor-browser] * Bug 40534: Cannot open URLs on command line with Tor Browser 10.5 [tor-browser] * Bug 40547: UX: starting in offline mode can result in difficulty to connect later [tor-browser] * Bug 40548: Set network.proxy.failover_direct to false in FF 91 [tor-browser] * Bug 40561: Refactor about:torconnect implementation [tor-browser] * Bug 40567: RFPHelper is not init until after about:torconnect bootstraps [tor-browser] * Bug 40597: Implement TorSettings module [tor-browser] * Bug 40600: Multiple pages as home page unreliable in 11.0a4 [tor-browser] * Bug 40616: UX: multiple about:torconnect [tor-browser] * Bug 40624: TorConnect banner always visible in about:preferences#tor even after bootstrap [tor-browser] * Bug 40626: Update Security Level styling to match Proton UI [tor-browser] * Bug 40628: Checkbox wrong color in about:torconnect in dark mode theme [tor-browser] * Bug 40630: Update New Identity and New Circuit icons [tor-browser] * Bug 40631: site identity icons are not being displayed properly [tor-browser] * Bug 40632: Proton'ify Circuit Display Panel [tor-browser] * Bug 40634: Style updates for Onion Error Pages [tor-browser] * Bug 40636: Fix about:torconnect 'Connect' border radius in about:preferences#tor [tor-browser] * Bug 40641: Update Security Level selection in about:preferences to match style as tracking protection option bubbles [tor-browser] * Bug 40648: Replace onion pattern divs/css with tiling SVG [tor-browser] * Bug 40653: Onion Available text not aligned correctly in toolbar in ESR91 [tor-browser] * Bug 40655: esr91 is suggesting to make Tor Browser the default browse [tor-browser] * Bug 40657: esr91 is missing "New identity" in hamburger menu [tor-browser] * Bug 40680: Prepare update to localized assets for YEC [tor-browser] * Bug 40686: Update Onboarding link for 11.0 [tor-browser] * Build System * Windows + OS X + Linux * Update Go to 1.16.9 * Bug 40048: Remove projects/clang-source [tor-browser-build] * Bug 40347: Make the list of toolchain updates needed for firefox91 [tor-browser-build] * Bug 40363: Change bsaes git url [tor-browser-build] * Bug 40366: Use bullseye to build https-everywhere [tor-browser-build] * Bug 40368: Use system's python3 for https-everywhere [tor-browser-build] * Windows + Linux * Bug 40357: Update binutils to 2.35.2 [tor-browser-build] * Windows * Bug 28240: switch from SJLJ exception handling to Dwarf2 in mingw for win32 [tor-browser-build] * Bug 40306: Update Windows toolchain to switch to mozilla91 [tor-browser-build] * Bug 40376: Use python3 for running pe_checksum_fix.py [tor-browser-build] * OS X * Bug 40307: Update macOS toolchain to switch to mozilla91 [tor-browser-build] * Linux * Bug 40222: Bump GCC to 10.3.0 for Linux [tor-browser-build] * Bug 40305: Update Linux toolchain to switch to mozilla91 [tor-browser-build] * Bug 40353: Temporarily disable rlbox for linux builds [tor-browser-build]

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Tor Browser 11.0a10 is ready for testing
by Matthew Finkel 03 Nov '21

03 Nov '21

Hello! We are happy to announce the first Tor Browser 11.0a10 release candidate for wider testing. Packages can be found at: https://people.torproject.org/~sysrqb/builds/11.0a10-build1/ Tor Browser 11.0a10 updates Firefox to 91.3.0esr and includes bugfixes and stability improvements. The full changelog since Tor Browser 11.0a9 is: * Windows + OS X + Linux * Update Firefox to 91.3.0esr * Update Tor to 0.4.7.2-alpha * Bug 32624: localStorage is not shared between tabs [tor-browser] * Bug 33125: Remove xpinstall.whitelist.add* as they don't do anything anymore [tor-browser] * Bug 34188: Cleanup extensions.* prefs [tor-browser] * Bug 40053: investigate fingerprinting potential of extended TextMetrics interface [tor-browser] * Bug 40083: Make sure Region.jsm fetching is disabled [tor-browser] * Bug 40177: Clean up obsolete preferences in our 000-tor-browser.js [tor-browser] * Bug 40220: Make sure tracker cookie purging is disabled [tor-browser] * Bug 40342: Set `gfx.bundled-fonts.activate = 1` to preserve current bundled fonts behaviour [tor-browser] * Bug 40463: Disable network.http.windows10-sso.enabled in FF 91 [tor-browser] * Bug 40483: Deutsche Welle v2 redirect [tor-browser] * Bug 40548: Set network.proxy.failover_direct to false in FF 91 [tor-browser] * Bug 40630: New Identity and New Circuit icons [tor-browser] * Bug 40641: Update Security Level selection in about:preferences to match style as tracking protection option bubbles [tor-browser] * Bug 40648: Replace onion pattern divs/css with tiling SVG [tor-browser] * Bug 40653: Onion Available text not aligned correctly in toolbar in ESR91 [tor-browser] * Bug 40655: esr91 is suggesting to make Tor Browser the default browse [tor-browser] * Bug 40657: esr91 is missing "New identity" in hamburger menu [tor-browser] * Bug 40680: Prepare update to localized assets for YEC [tor-browser] * Build System * Windows + OS X + Linux * Bug 40366: Use bullseye to build https-everywhere * Bug 40368: Use system's python3 for https-everywhere

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