[SOLVED] After update, "Private Window with Tor" stuck on "Disconnected"

[mcskwayrd]

Description of the issue:

“Private Window with Tor” no longer auto-connects to Tor like it used to…oh 20 minutes ago before I downloaded a new Brave update.

How can we tell it to connect if it’s not automatically connecting?

How can this issue be reproduced?

1. Start with version of Brave browser for which “Private Window with Tor” works fine.
2. Update Brave to Version 1.71.114 Chromium: 130.0.6723.58 (Official Build) (arm64) for MacOS 14.2.1
3. Open browser
4. Click on hamburger menu on the right
5. Select “New Private Window with Tor”
6. Get a new window, observe that it says stuck on “Disconnected”
7. Click on “Disconnected” but nothing happens

Expected result:
“New Private Window with Tor” will produce a window that initially says “Disconnected” but that will quickly connect on its own.

Brave Version( check About Brave):
1.71.114 Chromium: 130.0.6723.58 (Official Build) (arm64)
for MacOS 14.2.1

Additional Information:
So far I’ve tried

• searching this forum for related posts/questions
• all of these suggestions
• clearing browsing data and restarting
• going into brave://settings and toggling anything related to Tor off & on
• disabling my VPN connection
• checking brave://components for an update to Brave Tor Client Updater (Mac) (sadly it’s already up to date)
• restarting Brave again

One thing I haven’t tried: Downgrading Brave.

Screenshot of brave://tor-internals page:

Appreciate your assistance in advance. Happy to share any other system details to help nail this down.

[mcskwayrd]

SOLVED: Solution was to wait for 15 minutes, restart again, and find it magically working again. :shrug: