[tor-bugs] #29251 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Tor Browser reports already having Tor open despite having none on Mac

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#29251: Tor Browser reports already having Tor open despite having none on Mac
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 Reporter:  3rdBattery        |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect            |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium            |      Component:  Applications/Tor Browser
  Version:  Tor: unspecified  |       Severity:  Normal
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 Using Mac, version 10.12.6

 After updating to the newest version of Tor Browser and used it for about
 an hour, Tor Browser suddenly unlogged my user mid-session. After
 relogging to my user most programs seems to function fine, except for Tor
 Browser which reports an error , asking to close Tor Browser with the
 following line: "A copy of Tor Browser is already open. Only one copy of
 Tor Browser can be open at a time."

 I have checked and made sure there was no open window of Tor, and have
 also deleted and reinstalled Tor just for good measure, though it did not
 solve the problem. I have seen many reports before encountering a similar
 problem on Firefox using Tor, but as I was using directly from the browser
 I do not think my situation is directly applicable. Thank you for reading
 this report, I look forward to hearing a response soon.

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