[tor-bugs] #23115 [Applications/Tor Browser]: If "Tor is not working in this browser", don't download an update

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#23115: If "Tor is not working in this browser", don't download an update
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 Reporter:  teor                      |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                            |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                            |         Points:
 Reviewer:                            |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by gk):

 * status:  new => needs_information


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:4 teor]:
 > Replying to [comment:3 teor]:
 > > Replying to [comment:2 gk]:
 > > > Was it really not working and it downloaded bypassing Tor? That
 would be a serious bug. Or was that just the `about:tor` page that was
 misleading but the updater did do the correct thing?
 > >
 > > I don't know: I was concerned that these conflicting messages could
 happen. I didn't check which one was correct.
 >
 > This is reproducible, at least on my machine.

 How? By just taking a sufficiently outdated Tor Browser? (If so, which
 version did you test with again? 7.5a1?)

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