Using Linux and Tor browser 14.5 when Duckduckgo onion is selected and Tor browser is restarted the onion switch remains turned off instead of on. Why would a non onion search be the default? [tor doesn't start with onion search] [tor search not onionized]

[image] compis: Why would a non onion search be the default? [image] Why isn't DuckDuckGo .onion default search engine? Tor Browser Feedback There is discussion about this on this ticket: DuckDuckGo Onion should be the default instead of DuckDuckGo (#21483) · Issues…

I have noticed, using DDG’s .onion site, that it’s very hit and miss. I don’t think they have any load balancing on their tor → search data path. I suspect their internal data path sends the tor searches to one search node. I don’t know how many searches one of their nodes can handle, but I fin…

Search does not start in onion mode

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thorin April 21, 2025, 2:01pm 2