[tbb-bugs] #16990 [Tor Browser]: Circuit visualizer stops working after some time

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#16990: Circuit visualizer stops working after some time
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks                          |          Owner:  tbb-
     Type:  defect                               |  team
 Priority:  Medium                               |         Status:
Component:  Tor Browser                          |  needs_review
 Severity:  Normal                               |      Milestone:
 Keywords:  tbb-torbutton tbb-circuit-display    |        Version:
  TorBrowserTeam201601R, tbb-5.5                 |     Resolution:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:14 cypherpunks]:
 > Replying to [comment:11 gk]:
 > > [...]
 >
 > This is interesting, it is 100% reproducible for any site that serves
 Content-Type "multipart/x-mixed-replace", like bugzilla does for the
 "loading" animation.
 >
 > However, note that in this case the circuit display doesn't get screwed
 up for the whole browser, only for that single document on that tab.
 '''But I think what I observed in 5.0.6 was the same behavior described in
 the OP (though now I'm doubting).''' Unfortunately I wouldn't know how to
 reproduce that.

 Alright, no more doubts: Right now on 5.0.7 the circuit display is borked
 exactly like described in the OP: For all tabs, for any document, "New
 identity" doesn't help, neither does "New circuit for this site".

 So the same problem exists and the one related to "multipart/x-mixed-
 replace" discovered by gk is a different one.

 I will leave this browser like this in case you want me to try some live
 experiments. Note, though, that this is not a debug build nor anything
 like that. It's a normal 5.0.7 release version which (I think) has been
 auto-updated since 5.0.4 (or maybe even earlier).

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