Tor Browser 6.5a2 is ready for testing - tor-qa

31 Jul 2016


      Hi,
We are happy to announce that Tor Browser 6.5a2 is ready for testing.
Bundles can be found on:
https://people.torproject.org/~boklm/builds/6.5a2-build2/
This release updates firefox to 45.3.0esr and contains the improvements
that went into Tor Browser 6.0.3. Additionally, Tor is updated to 0.2.8.5-rc,
the default search engine has been switched to DuckDuckGo, resource URLs
are blocked to avoid fingerprinting.
The full changelog since 6.5a1 is:
Tor Browser 6.5a2 -- August 3
 * All Platforms
   * Update Firefox to 45.3.0esr
   * Update Tor to tor-0.2.8.5-rc
   * Update Torbutton to 1.9.6.1
     * Bug 19689: Use proper parent window for plugin prompt
     * Bug 19206: Avoid SOCKS auth and NEWNYM collisions when sharing a tor client
     * Bug 19417: Disable asm.js (but add code to clear on New Identity if enabled)
     * Bug 19273: Improve external app launch handling and associated warnings
     * Bug 8725: Block addon resource and url fingerprinting with nsIContentPolicy
   * Update HTTPS-Everywhere to 5.2.1
   * Update NoScript to 2.9.0.12
   * Bug 19417: Disable asmjs for now
   * Bug 19715: Disable the meek-google pluggable transport option
   * Bug 19714: Remove mercurius4 obfs4 bridge
   * Bug 19585: Fix regression test for keyboard layout fingerprinting
   * Bug 19515: Tor Browser is crashing in graphics code
   * Bug 18513: Favicon requests can bypass New Identity
   * Bug 19273: Write C++ patch for external app launch handling
   * Bug 16998: Isolate preconnect requests to URL bar domain
   * Bug 18923: Add script to run all Tor Browser regression tests
   * Bug 19478: Prevent millisecond resolution leaks in File API
   * Bug 19401: Fix broken PDF download button
   * Bug 19411: Don't show update icon if a partial update failed
   * Bug 19400: Back out GCC bug workaround to avoid asmjs crash
   * Bug 19735: Switch default search engine to DuckDuckGo
 * Windows
   * Bug 19348: Adapt to more than one build target on Windows (fixes updates)
   * Bug 19725: Remove old updater files left on disk after upgrade to 6.x
 * Linux
   * Bug 19276: Disable Xrender due to possible performance regressions
   * Bug 19725: Remove old updater files left on disk after upgrade to 6.x
 * OS X
   * Bug 19269: Icon doesn't appear in Applications folder or Dock
 * Android
   * Bug 19484: Avoid compilation error when MOZ_UPDATER is not defined
 * Build System
   * All Platforms
     * Bug 19703: Upgrade Go to 1.6.3
Nicolas