[tbb-bugs] #19438 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Addons do not work randomly

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#19438: Addons do not work randomly
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks               |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:3 gorhill]:
 > > you cannot click the logger or dashboard through the addon page
 >
 > I've just experienced this -- this was first time I saw such behavior.
 >
 > This occurred while the Tor browser took an unusually long to initialize
 and launch. There is a time-out in uBO at launch time after which it will
 give up trying to start. It's my best guess as to what might be happening.
 >
 > Can you confirm that the issue occurs only when it takes long before the
 Tor browser is launched? (Something like more than 30 seconds) If so, the
 fix would probably simply to make uBO wait longer on various browser
 internals to be ready at launch time before giving up.

 From my limited testing, what you said seems right - it happens almost
 always when Tor browser takes long to load (sometimes around 1-2 minutes
 maybe more). When it loads quick (within 20 seconds), I yet reproduced.

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