[tor-qa] Tor Browser 11.0 is ready for testing

Matthew Finkel sysrqb at torproject.org
Sun Nov 7 00:59:19 UTC 2021


Hello!

We are happy to announce the first Tor Browser 11.0 release candidate
for wider testing. Packages can be found at:

https://people.torproject.org/~sysrqb/builds/11.0-build1/

Tor Browser 11.0 updates Firefox to 91.3.0esr.

The full changelog since Tor Browser 10.5.10 is:
 * Windows + OS X + Linux
   * Update Firefox to 91.3.0esr
   * Update Tor to tor-0.4.6.8
   * Bug 32624: localStorage is not shared between tabs [tor-browser]
   * Bug 33125: Remove xpinstall.whitelist.add* as they don't do anything anymore [tor-browser]
   * Bug 34188: Cleanup extensions.* prefs [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40004: Convert tl-protocol to async. [tor-launcher]
   * Bug 40012: Watch all requested tor events [tor-launcher]
   * Bug 40027: Make torbutton_send_ctrl_cmd async [torbutton]
   * Bug 40042: Add missing parameter of createTransport [torbutton]
   * Bug 40043: Delete all plugin-related protections [torbutton]
   * Bug 40045: Teach the controller about status_client [torbutton]
   * Bug 40046: Support arbitrary watch events [torbutton]
   * Bug 40047: New string for Security Level panel [torbutton]
   * Bug 40048: Protonify Circuit Display Panel [torbutton]
   * Bug 40053: investigate fingerprinting potential of extended TextMetrics interface [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40083: Make sure Region.jsm fetching is disabled [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40177: Clean up obsolete preferences in our 000-tor-browser.js [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40220: Make sure tracker cookie purging is disabled [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40342: Set `gfx.bundled-fonts.activate = 1` to preserve current bundled fonts behaviour [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40463: Disable network.http.windows10-sso.enabled in FF 91 [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40483: Deutsche Welle v2 redirect [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40534: Cannot open URLs on command line with Tor Browser 10.5 [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40547: UX: starting in offline mode can result in difficulty to connect later [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40548: Set network.proxy.failover_direct to false in FF 91 [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40561: Refactor about:torconnect implementation [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40567: RFPHelper is not init until after about:torconnect bootstraps [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40597: Implement TorSettings module [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40600: Multiple pages as home page unreliable in 11.0a4 [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40616: UX: multiple about:torconnect [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40624: TorConnect banner always visible in about:preferences#tor even after bootstrap [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40626: Update Security Level styling to match Proton UI [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40628: Checkbox wrong color in about:torconnect in dark mode theme [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40630: Update New Identity and New Circuit icons [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40631: site identity icons are not being displayed properly [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40632: Proton'ify Circuit Display Panel [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40634: Style updates for Onion Error Pages [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40636: Fix about:torconnect 'Connect' border radius in about:preferences#tor [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40641: Update Security Level selection in about:preferences to match style as tracking protection option bubbles [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40648: Replace onion pattern divs/css with tiling SVG [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40653: Onion Available text not aligned correctly in toolbar in ESR91 [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40655: esr91 is suggesting to make Tor Browser the default browse [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40657: esr91 is missing "New identity" in hamburger menu [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40680: Prepare update to localized assets for YEC [tor-browser]
   * Bug 40686: Update Onboarding link for 11.0 [tor-browser]
 * Build System
   * Windows + OS X + Linux
     * Update Go to 1.16.9
     * Bug 40048: Remove projects/clang-source [tor-browser-build]
     * Bug 40347: Make the list of toolchain updates needed for firefox91 [tor-browser-build]
     * Bug 40363: Change bsaes git url [tor-browser-build]
     * Bug 40366: Use bullseye to build https-everywhere [tor-browser-build]
     * Bug 40368: Use system's python3 for https-everywhere [tor-browser-build]
   * Windows + Linux
     * Bug 40357: Update binutils to 2.35.2 [tor-browser-build]
   * Windows
     * Bug 28240: switch from SJLJ exception handling to Dwarf2 in mingw for win32 [tor-browser-build]
     * Bug 40306: Update Windows toolchain to switch to mozilla91 [tor-browser-build]
     * Bug 40376: Use python3 for running pe_checksum_fix.py [tor-browser-build]
   * OS X
     * Bug 40307: Update macOS toolchain to switch to mozilla91 [tor-browser-build]
   * Linux
     * Bug 40222: Bump GCC to 10.3.0 for Linux [tor-browser-build]
     * Bug 40305: Update Linux toolchain to switch to mozilla91 [tor-browser-build]
     * Bug 40353: Temporarily disable rlbox for linux builds [tor-browser-build]


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