Feature #15773

Tor Browser 8 can't install new addons

Added by segfault 2018-08-08 14:44:11 . Updated 2018-08-08 14:51:32 .

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Rejected
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Normal
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Start date:
2018-08-08
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Description

Tor Browser says “uBlock Origin could not be installed because Tor Browser cannot modify the needed file”.

The log says:

1533738639975 addons.xpi ERROR Failed to move file /home/amnesia/.tor-browser/profile.default/extensions/uBlock0raymondhill.net to /home/amnesia/.tor-browser/profile.default/extensions/trash: [Exception… “Component returned failure code: 0x80520015 (NS_ERROR_FILE_ACCESS_DENIED) [nsIFile.moveTo]” nsresult: “0x80520015 (NS_ERROR_FILE_ACCESS_DENIED)” location: “JS frame :: resource://gre/modules/addons/XPIProvider.jsm :: _installFile :: line 582” data: no] Stack trace: _installFile()resource://gre/modules/addons/XPIProvider.jsm:582 _installDirEntry()resource://gre/modules/addons/XPIProvider.jsm:663@

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#1 Updated by segfault 2018-08-08 14:51:32

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Rejected

That was in an unclean session, I could not reproduce it in a clean one.