When I open a private tor window, it doesn’t connect.
Idk how to reproduce the issue on other pcs, but here’s what I have done to try to fix it:
uninstalling and reinstalling brave
deleting tor files
activating and deactivating tor private browsing
checking if it passsed through my firewall (tor and brave allowed)
looked at brave://components (everything updated)
and practically every solution this community offered
here’s the brave://tor-internals info: (in french sorry)
(
Version de Tor:
Identifiant de processus Tor: 14616
URI du proxy Tor:
État de la connexion Tor: Disconnected
Progression de l’initialisation de Tor:
)
and the logs are empty
Tor did work for a very long time but randomly stopped working around september this year, never to work again. Sadly, I don’t have the brave version this occured.
Tor did work for a very long time but randomly stopped working around september this year, never to work again. Sadly, I don’t have the brave version this occured.
I deleted all cache as you asked and nothing changed even after a restart.
I could also use the tor browser but that kinda defeats the whole point of having it in brave
So, you did not try an additional Brave Browser Profile for test purposes?
You could try:
In a Brave Browser New Window, go to:
brave://net-internals/#dns
Click on Clear host cache
Next, same window, select “Sockets” on the left.
Click Close idle sockets
Click Flush socket pools
Quit everything and Restart your computer.
Flush the Windows OS DNS cache:
Open a Command prompt, then run it as an administrator:
Right click CMD
Click Run as administrator
Type or paste each command below
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /renew
netsh int ip reset
netsh winsock reset
Then Restart your Windows OS computer.
At this point, given that you have the essentials backed up (correct?!), then you may as well reset Brave Browser experimentation - click the “Reset all” button at:
brave://flags
and also Reset Brave Browser:
brave://settings/reset
And quit Brave Browser; then restart your computer.
Sorry for the wait, I had exams and have been pretty busy, so:
1- the new blank profile didn’t work either
2- I already tried the dns things from another post and redid it just to be sure but to no success
So, is resetting my whole browser necessary? I alredy created a blank profile and reinstalled it. If it’s possible, I’d prefer not spending 30 minutes doing that. The thing is that my brave folder is pretty large so I neeed to copy it to my slow hdd and that takes a while. Just backing my profile took 10 minutes to copy idk why it’s so large
@Draconic404 guess I’d be curious, does it work on any of the other release channels? From what I’m seeing, you are on normal Brave. But then there’s Brave Beta and Brave Nightly, if you want to install either. Might help to know if any problems that way for you.
If you find yourself in such a state, please try the following troubleshooting steps to get the tor client up and running again:
Toggle Tor settings: In Brave, go to Settings --> Privacy and Security --> Tor windows and toggle the Private window with Tor option off then on again. Doing this will disable Tor and delete the (current) Tor directory on your machine. Switching it back on will re-enable Tor functionality and generate a fresh Tor directory.
Check network admin settings: It is possible that your network admin is blocking Tor access. Check with your network administrator or, if you are the admin, check your network settings to see if access to the tor network is blocked. You can also test to see if this is the case by visiting the official Tor website, as most networks blocking Tor access will also block access to their site.
Unfortunately, I’m not able to replicate. I mean, sometimes it sits on Disconnected for a few seconds:
@mattches and @fmarier wanted to tag in to see if either of you have more guidance.
@Draconic404 with it being Friday night, it’s lower chance of hearing back from them until next week or so. If I’m honest, I’ll probably forget about this post by the end of the weekend and am sure they’ll have a lot of notifications to juggle. In saying that, might be beneficial if you can try to tag on Tuesday if none have responded, just to kind of draw attention and hope to get attention before the week is up.
@Draconic404,
Are you trying to connect to the Tor network on your home network or are you seeing that it won’t connect while on a work or public network?
I cannot, at least currently, since the furthest I’ve gone to making it work since it stopped working is loading at 50% then resetting to not connected
Ok, interesting. It looks like the Tor Browser is simply connecting directly to the tor network (no bridges or anything special).
One small difference is that Brave is not currently using the very latest tor daemon (we are one or two minor releases behind – no security fixes were present in these releases). I am planning to upgrade this after the holidays, so maybe that will resolve the issues you are experiencing.
