[tor-bugs] #9292 [Tor bundles/installation]: TorBrowser closes and reopens unexpectedly after selecting New Identity via Torbutton

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#9292: TorBrowser closes and reopens unexpectedly after selecting New Identity via
Torbutton
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks               |          Owner:  erinn        
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new          
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:               
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.3.25
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Comment(by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [ticket:9292 cypherpunks]:
 > Manual selection of New Identity via Torbutton often causes TorBrowser
 to close and reopen but it's infrequent. It doesn't appear to affect
 TorBrowser's core function as opposed to just displaying unexpected
 behavior by causing the Web browser window to close and reopen.
 >
 > I initially considered it something which perhaps I just hadn't
 experience of before as I prefer to use Vidalia Control Panel to use its
 functions instead; which are neigh identical to Torbutton. But it is
 behavior which I neither expected nor could anticipate and so I often made
 a choice to stop using TorBrowser altogether because it didn't feel safe
 to continue to do so; instead I chose to extract another copy of it and
 begin to use TorBrowser anew instead.
 >
 > Circuit creation is as I'd expect if I select New Identity via Vidalia
 Control Panel but unlike using Torbutton it doesn't cause the TorBrowser
 to change its behavior whatsoever.
 I'm using Tor Browser Bundle for GNU/Linux 2.3.25-10 via Ubuntu 12.04.2
 LTS x86.

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