[tor-bugs] #32297 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Version 9 problem (regular and alpha) when some Exit Nodes are blocked by a website firewall

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#32297: Version 9 problem (regular and alpha) when some Exit Nodes are blocked by a
website firewall
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 Reporter:  mwolfe                               |          Owner:  tbb-
                                                 |  team
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_information
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-9.0-issues, tbb-regression,      |  Actual Points:
  TorBrowserTeam201911                           |
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Comment (by mwolfe):

 Replying to [comment:15 gk]:
 > Replying to [comment:13 mwolfe]:
 > > Replying to [comment:12 gk]:
 > > > Replying to [comment:11 mwolfe]:
 > >
 > > > > > Fixed in latest update. Now I see the New Tor Circuit when I
 click the (i) after Tor cannot conect! Thanks.
 > > > > Sorry, fixed in OSX Capitan, still not working in Windows 10 ver
 1903
 > > >
 > > > Just to be on the same page here: with 9.0 this was an issue for
 both macOS and Windows but with 9.0.1 this is no issue any longer for
 macOS but Windows still remains? If so, can you re-test 9.0 now on your
 macOS so we can rule out some macOS related software update that fixed
 this. (old bundles are at: https://archive.torproject.org/tor-package-
 archive/torbrowser/9.0)
 > > I am unable to load 9.0 on my Mac. I downloaded it from
 archive.torproject.org, but when I opened it, when it opened, it announced
 that it had upgraded itself to 9.0.1.
 >
 > This happens after starting it a second time, yes. But if you just start
 a fresh version and keep using it you should still have 9.0 because
 *using* 9.0.1 requires a restart (the update is applied in the background,
 though).

 I vaguely remember I still got the problem with 9.0, but now, as soon as
 9.0 starts, it says that 9.0.1 has been added, restart to finish
 installation, and, with 9.0.1 added (but without a restart) when I try to
 reach Dilbert and cannot connect, I get the "New Circuit for this Site"
 button and I can keep clicking until I connect.

 I don't know if any changes in 9.0 occur after 9.0.1 is added but no
 restart, and there doesn't seem to be any way to check. I might have not
 gotten a 'timed out unable to connect' on OSX Capitan and so didn't notice
 that 9.0 had the "New Circuit for this Site" since it was not very long
 from 9.0 until 9.0.1

 I first noticed the problem in 9.0a, and it was when 9.0.1 came out, that
 the 9.xa version also had the "New Circuit for this Site" when it was
 unable to connect because of a blocked Exit node. I had trouble going back
 to 8.5 because I installed 9.0a in my Applications folder, and this is NOT
 a good idea on OSX if one tries to go back and forth between the alpha
 version and the regular version (I now have both in separate folders on my
 Desktop).

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