#20479: make closing and restart of Tor Browser as good as New Identity
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Reporter: adrelanos | Owner: tbb-team
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Medium | Milestone:
Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version:
Severity: Normal | Keywords:
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When using Tor Browser New Identity, it sends signal newnym and restarts
the browser.
Manually terminating the browser and restarting it however does not result
in sending signal newnym.
I would suggest to make make the shutdown / restart of Tor Browser as
similar as it can get. I.e. when Tor Browser gets closed or started, why
not send signal newnym?
Are there any other differences between Tor Browser New Identity and Tor
Browser restart that could be sorted out?
This is specifically important for users that use system Tor, which
includes Whonix [as well as Tails?]. Because there, Tor keeps running
after Tor Browser was closed. Which leads to subtle differences (Tor
circuit reuse across browser restarts for system Tor users).
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Ticket URL: <https://troodi.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/20479>
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