[tor-bugs] #15493 [Tor Browser]: Redirects sometimes seem to break circuit status UI

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#15493: Redirects sometimes seem to break circuit status UI
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     Reporter:  mikeperry    |      Owner:  gk
         Type:  defect       |     Status:  needs_information
     Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor Browser  |    Version:
   Resolution:               |   Keywords:  tbb-circuit-display, tbb-5.0
Actual Points:               |  Parent ID:
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Changes (by gk):

 * cc: arthuredelstein (added)
 * status:  assigned => needs_information


Comment:

 Thinking a bit about it what speaks against updating the circuit
 info/making the decision whether to show the circuit or not only when the
 user is clicking on the green onion and opening the Torbutton menu? There
 seems to be no need to make that call already once a tab gets selected for
 instance. Putting that into the onpopupshowing handler or something
 similar should cope with the possible race conditions and avoid any code
 execution wrt the display until a user really wants to see it. Not sure if
 there would be some lag while updating the display but looking at the
 involved operations a doubt that.

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