[tor-bugs] #13072 [Tor Browser]: Reproducable bug: Tor Browser v3.6.5 gets into a non-responsive state on startup about 15% of the time, possibly due to the HTTPS-Everywhere plugin

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#13072: Reproducable bug: Tor Browser v3.6.5 gets into a non-responsive state on
startup about 15% of the time, possibly due to the HTTPS-Everywhere plugin
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     Reporter:  Gravitas     |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  defect       |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor Browser  |    Version:
   Resolution:               |   Keywords:  tbb-hang
Actual Points:               |  Parent ID:
       Points:               |
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Changes (by gk):

 * keywords:  Tor Browser HTTPS-Anywhere => tbb-hang
 * version:  HTTPS-E 4.0dev14 =>


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:3 Gravitas]:
 > I then switched to normal Firefox v31.0
 >
 > - If I then run the "HTTPS-Everywhere" plugin, then I *cannot* reproduce
 the zombie process error (despite restarting the browser 25 times)

 What happens with a vanilla Firefox 24.8.0 ESR which Tor Browser is using?

 > Thus, I conclude that there is some issue with HTTPS-Anywhere that is
 preventing Tor Browser from starting up, about 15% of the time on my
 machine.

 Hm... Have you made sure that Firefox was really shut down before you
 relaunched it? If so, how?

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