New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 14.5a5

system · March 22, 2025, 10:44am

by pierov | March 21, 2025

Tor Browser 14.5a5 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory.

This version includes the first version of the connection assist for Android.

We invite you all to try out this new feature and we would really appreciate any feedback.

Send us your feedback

If you find a bug or have a suggestion for how we could improve this release, please let us know.

Full changelog

The full changelog since Tor Browser 14.5a4 is:

All Platforms
- Updated Lyrebird to 0.6.0
- Updated Snowflake to 2.11.0
- Bug tor-browser#42300: Do not store logs inside TorProvider
- Bug tor-browser#43488: Handle Moat connection errors and other non-bootstrapping errors in TorConnect
- Bug tor-browser#43490: Use lower case "n" for "Tor network" in the UI
- Bug tor-browser#43556: Update Desktop and Android survey dismissal string
- Bug tor-browser#43575: Cleanup channel preferences
Windows + macOS + Linux
- Bug tor-browser#41051: Replace Noto Sans Myanmar with Pyidaungsu
- Bug tor-browser#41755: Show the link to about:support in the help menu
- Bug tor-browser#42550: Do not re-try auto-bootstrapping after the user selects a specific region in about:torconnect
- Bug tor-browser#42656: about:torconnect new url location override (maybeUpdateOpenLocationForTorConnect) mostly does nothing
- Bug tor-browser#42670: Letterboxing visible even if disable with tiled window managers
- Bug tor-browser#42720: Link to release notes missing from "About Tor Browser" window
- Bug tor-browser#43321: Do not focus the connect button if the user has never connected before
- Bug tor-browser#43405: Handle failing to apply tor settings
Android
- Bug tor-browser#41188: Implement Android-native Connection Assist UI
- Bug tor-browser#42251: Expose TorConnect lifecycle events to fenix
- Bug tor-browser#43091: Delete unused android strings
- Bug 43361: [Android] Move code relating to onTerminate() in FenixApplication.kt [tor-browser]
- Bug tor-browser#43473: Rename "Quickstart" toggle as "Connect automatically" (Android)
- Bug tor-browser#43505: Implement User Survey UX (Android)
Build System
- All Platforms
  - Bug tor-browser-build#41394: Fix upload-update_responses-to-staticiforme for mullvadbrowser
  - Bug tor-browser-build#41398: Build snowflake from main on nightlies
  - Bug tor-browser-build#41399: Update snowflake to 2.11.0 and lyrebird to 0.6.0
- Windows + macOS + Linux
  - Bug tor-browser-build#41401: Replace Noto Sans Myanmar with Pyidaungsu
- Android
  - Bug tor-browser-build#41402: Fix Snowflake 2.11.0 on Android

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-145a5

Noino · April 5, 2025, 7:33pm

Bug report: I’ve just seen Tor Browser 14.5a5 (linux-x86_64) fail to connect to the tor network on startup with the following warnings in the logs:
“Bug: Tried to open a socket with DisableNetwork set.” and
“Bug: src/core/mainloop/connection.c:2204: connection_connect_sockaddr: This line should not have been reached.”

I’ve not messed with the bundled torrc settings after install and the only settings I’ve changed are dismissing the language prompt and selecting the “Connect Automatically” option. I tried connecting with 14.0.9 immediately afterwards and had no problem. Also, a fresh install of 14.5a5 seems to have cleared the problem. I searched for “src/core/mainloop/connection” in the Core Tor repo’s issues and found nothing, hence my report here.

OS: LMDE 6 (based on Debian bookworm)
My connection is over a VPN

Full log:

2025-04-04 20:13:55.388
[NOTICE] DisableNetwork is set. Tor will not make or accept non-control network connections. Shutting down all existing connections.
2025-04-04 20:13:55.390
[NOTICE] DisableNetwork is set. Tor will not make or accept non-control network connections. Shutting down all existing connections.
2025-04-04 20:13:55.393
[NOTICE] DisableNetwork is set. Tor will not make or accept non-control network connections. Shutting down all existing connections.
2025-04-04 20:13:58.201
[NOTICE] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9150
2025-04-04 20:13:58.202
[NOTICE] Opened Socks listener connection (ready) on 127.0.0.1:9150
2025-04-04 20:13:58.457
[NOTICE] Bootstrapped 5% (conn): Connecting to a relay
2025-04-04 20:13:58.638
[NOTICE] Bootstrapped 10% (conn_done): Connected to a relay
2025-04-04 20:13:58.672
[WARN] Problem bootstrapping. Stuck at 10% (conn_done): Connected to a relay. (No route to host; NOROUTE; count 1; recommendation warn; host 2CEFF506E38DC618202FBD22E0FE20B011D32040 at 85.195.253.142:9001)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.739
[NOTICE] Closing no-longer-configured Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9150
2025-04-04 20:13:58.739
[NOTICE] DisableNetwork is set. Tor will not make or accept non-control network connections. Shutting down all existing connections.
2025-04-04 20:13:58.740
[WARN] connection_connect_sockaddr(): Bug: Tried to open a socket with DisableNetwork set. (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.741
[WARN] tor_bug_occurred_(): Bug: src/core/mainloop/connection.c:2204: connection_connect_sockaddr: This line should not have been reached. (Future instances of this warning will be silenced.) (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.741
[WARN] Bug: Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha (git-132e6aad99a984aa): Line unexpectedly reached at connection_connect_sockaddr at src/core/mainloop/connection.c:2204. Stack trace: (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.741
[WARN] Bug:     /home/me/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/tor(log_backtrace_impl+0x57) [0x55d20f8e61b7] (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.741
[WARN] Bug:     /home/me/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/tor(tor_bug_occurred_+0x169) [0x55d20f8f1569] (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.741
[WARN] Bug:     /home/me/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/tor(+0x193992) [0x55d20f993992] (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.742
[WARN] Bug:     /home/me/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/tor(connection_connect+0xdc) [0x55d20f993afc] (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.742
[WARN] Bug:     /home/me/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/tor(connection_or_connect+0x1cf) [0x55d20f9a4b6f] (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.742
[WARN] Bug:     /home/me/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/tor(channel_tls_connect+0x8f) [0x55d20f94c4bf] (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.742
[WARN] Bug:     /home/me/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/tor(circuit_handle_first_hop+0x261) [0x55d20f957141] (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.742
[WARN] Bug:     /home/me/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/tor(circuit_establish_circuit_conflux+0x7e) [0x55d20f95743e] (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.742
[WARN] Bug:     /home/me/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/tor(conflux_launch_leg+0x136) [0x55d20f982a76] (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.742
[WARN] Bug:     /home/me/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/tor(conflux_circuit_has_closed+0x30f) [0x55d20f983c6f] (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.742
[WARN] Bug:     /home/me/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/tor(circuit_mark_for_close_+0x14e) [0x55d20f95e6ee] (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.742
[WARN] Bug:     /home/me/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/tor(circuit_n_chan_done+0x22c) [0x55d20f95770c] (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.743
[WARN] Bug:     /home/me/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/tor(channel_closed+0x79) [0x55d20f9453c9] (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.743
[WARN] Bug:     /home/me/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/tor(connection_or_about_to_close+0x35) [0x55d20f9a2b45] (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.743
[WARN] Bug:     /home/me/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/tor(+0x6aa3d) [0x55d20f86aa3d] (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.743
[WARN] Bug:     /home/me/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/tor(+0x6b14b) [0x55d20f86b14b] (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.743
[WARN] Bug:     /home/me/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/libevent-2.1.so.7(+0x1fe38) [0x7fd41a01fe38] (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.743
[WARN] Bug:     /home/me/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/libevent-2.1.so.7(event_base_loop+0x4d7) [0x7fd41a0204f7] (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.748
[WARN] Bug:     /home/me/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/tor(do_main_loop+0xdd) [0x55d20f86cb1d] (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.749
[WARN] Bug:     /home/me/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/tor(tor_run_main+0x1d5) [0x55d20f868415] (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.749
[WARN] Bug:     /home/me/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/tor(tor_main+0x49) [0x55d20f864809] (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.749
[WARN] Bug:     /home/me/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/tor(main+0x19) [0x55d20f8643e9] (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.749
[WARN] Bug:     /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x2724a) [0x7fd41924624a] (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.749
[WARN] Bug:     /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0x85) [0x7fd419246305] (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:58.749
[WARN] Bug:     /home/me/tor-browser/Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/tor(_start+0x2a) [0x55d20f86443a] (on Tor 0.4.9.1-alpha 132e6aad99a984aa)
2025-04-04 20:13:59.384
[NOTICE] Delaying directory fetches: DisableNetwork is set.