The newChannel() API is deprecated and broken in Tor Browser based on ESR 60

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1162657 makes the use of newChannel() obsolete. We should switch in our code to newChannel2() instead.

added component::applications/tor browser ff78esr gitlab-tb-torbutton owner::tbb-team priority::medium resolution::invalid severity::normal status::closed tbb-torbutton type::defect labels

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We want that for the alpha and the ESR 45 stable series.

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After looking a bit at it it seemed Mozilla did not get to it until the 48 timeline (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1254752). But after landing these changes they seemed to have resurrected the APIs. Thus, definitely nothing we need to care about while preparing for ESR 45. Putting that on the ESR 52 radar.

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Summary: The newChannel() API is deprecated and broken in Tor Browser based on ESR 45 to The newChannel() API is deprecated and broken in Tor Browser based on ESR 52
Keywords: tbb-6.0a5, ff45-esr, GeorgKoppen201604, TorBrowserTeam201604 deleted, ff52-esr added

The bug that got back those APIs is https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1257339.

Still available in esr52 moving to ff59-esr then.

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moving to ff59-esr then.

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Summary: The newChannel() API is deprecated and broken in Tor Browser based on ESR 52 to The newChannel() API is deprecated and broken in Tor Browser based on ESR 59

Firefox 60 is the new ESR.

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Firefox 60 is the new ESR.

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Summary: The newChannel() API is deprecated and broken in Tor Browser based on ESR 59 to The newChannel() API is deprecated and broken in Tor Browser based on ESR 60

re-assigning

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Owner: gk to tbb-team

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Add magic gitlab keyword.

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I don't see usages of newChannel() in torbutton, and there's no newChannel2 anymore in Firefox.

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Resolution: N/A to invalid
Status: assigned to closed

closed

moved to tpo/applications/torbutton#16149 (closed)