[tor-bugs] #27261 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Tor Browser 8.0a9/10 gets stuck in an endless reload cycle

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#27261: Tor Browser 8.0a9/10 gets stuck in an endless reload cycle
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:  tbb-
                                                 |  team
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Very High                            |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  TorBrowserTeam201808, ff60-esr,      |  Actual Points:
  noscript                                       |
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Comment (by ma1):

 Replying to [comment:11 ma1]:

 > I'll keep testing on the RCs from now on, since 10.1.8.17 is about to be
 released and dramatically changes the way some possibly related subsystems
 work (hopefully reducing their side effects).

 And doing so I suddenly realized I had to
 [https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/26128#comment:15 reopen
 ticked 26128], unfortunately, because the updateSettings message (like all
 the others exchanged internally by NoScript) is slightly changed in
 10.1.8.17, prompting for a (quite simple) fix in order to keep the
 Security Slider working, sorry :(

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