[tor-bugs] #5461 [Firefox Patch Issues]: Circuit reused after New Identity is selected

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#5461: Circuit reused after New Identity is selected
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks           |          Owner:  mikeperry                    
     Type:  defect                |         Status:  new                          
 Priority:  major                 |      Milestone:  TorBrowserBundle 2.2.x-stable
Component:  Firefox Patch Issues  |        Version:                               
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Comment(by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:2 mikeperry]:
 > My guess is if you wait 20 seconds, you won't experience the circuit re-
 use. Am I right? That was the case for me on MacOS. (Note that 20 second
 is our new reduced HTTP Keep-Alive timeout).

 Yes, after about 20 seconds of idle time the connection is closed and a
 new circuit is opened if there's a new connection.


 >perhaps the sites in question are using spdy (which is new in Firefox 11)

 I don't think this is the case here.


 > but there is now either a regression, or the patch wasn't applied this
 build (sadly not impossible)

 Given a very similar pattern to #5416 (there used to be a problem -> it
 was fixed with a patch at some point -> now regressed in 2.2.35-8 and
 everything works fine in 2.3.12-alpha-1), I think something went awry in
 the patching process. Whether it's caused by Firefox 11 or something in
 your production process for Windows builds, I have no idea.

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