#26463: IndexedDB doesn't work in TorBrowser
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Reporter: luka-magnotta | Owner: (none)
Type: defect | Status: new
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So, I've read #16528 and #1633, but I'm still unclear if the current state
of IndexedDB being broken is intended or not.
Just to be clear: TB 7.5.5 (FF 52.8.1), IndexedDB doesn't work at all. It
exhibits symptoms similar to vanilla FF in Private Mode -- the API appears
to exist, but the first call to "open" fails with InvalidStateError. TB
has a 'dom.indexedDB.enabled` config boolean. It's set to enabled, yet it
doesn't help at all.
On firefox side of things, there's
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781982 - they break IndexedDB
in private mode *on purpose* and plan to fix this sometime in the future.
There's also a bug/workaround - IndexedDB in FF private mode is still
accessible from WebWorkers. Similar fix/workaround IS not applicable in TB
- again, on purpose, from #16333.
So, I'm quite unsure what the status here is, but it would be great to fix
and enable IndexedDB once and for all, as more and more sites rely on it.
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