Hey, team!
Welcome to the April 2019 user feedback report!
For more information on what users and community members were talking about this month, check out the April/May 2019 User Feedback pad [1].
There weren't any updates to the stable Tor Browser Bundle during April, so the blog had fewer comments than in other months. Overall, April was a relatively slow month in terms of feedback.
Otherwise...
- Users on Reddit began organizing against Reddit's apparent policy of blocking Tor exit relays [2].
- There weren't many user reported bugs in April, but two high priority bugs were mentioned on the 8.5a11 blog post [3]
Now, on to the feedback! Scroll further down to see a summary of Reddit posts, some points from Google Play Store reviews, a list of the most common Stack Exchange tags from the month, and a collection of some notable issues and bugs mentioned by users in April.
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Most common questions on Reddit: - Users have mentioned getting "blocked" pages when using Tor Browser to access Reddit [2]. - Questions about using VPNs.
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TBA Reviews & Feedback on Google Play Store:
The average review score is 4.1 (0.1 lower than previous months). Reviews mention a white screen on boot, possibly related to #30284 [6]. Other users report seeing the error message related to #30284: "Control port file not created."
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Most common stack exchange tags:
tor-browser-bundle: 16 this month configuration: 14 this month security: 6 this month hidden-services: 6 this month tails: 6 this month connection: 6 this month tor-install: 5 this month
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Notable bugs, fixes, & issues mentioned by users:
- #21967 - obfs4proxy not killed when unused [4] - #29982 - Clicking on cog/gear icon crashes Tor Browser for Android [5] - #30284 - Start fails with "Control port file not created" [6]
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That's it for the month of April! If you want to know more, please do check out the April/May 2019 User Feedback pad [1] or reach out to me via email (waywardwyrd at riseup dot net) or IRC (wayward).
Thanks for reading!
- wayward
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Annotations: 1. https://storm.torproject.org/shared/UVM89BKbYewCPQzH2cPNsBQtn1PbVc47jrwlSYnG... 2. https://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/bhe4yk/reddit_is_now_blocking_certain_... 3. https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-85a11 4. https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21967 5. https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/29982 6. https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/30284