High CPU usage when using bridges on Ubuntu 24.10

  • Operating System you are using: Ubuntu 24.10, Kubuntu to be precised
  • Tor Browser version: 14.0.4
  • Tor Browser Security Level: Standard
  • Step by step of how you got to the issue, so we can reproduce it: First, make sure “I use a proxy to connect” is not ticked (I use that option cause I live in a place where I can’t connect to Tor directly). Then choose a bridge. Any bridge.
  • The Tor log: it just says “Application request when we haven't used client functionality lately. Optimistically trying known bridges again”. IPv6Traffic and PreferIPv6 are found on the executing command, despite I have no IPV6 access.

Plus I can’t connect to Tor via command line, the output says “Delaying directory fetches: No running bridges”, despite bridges are provided through the torrc file. The error would not appear on Ubuntu 24.04.