Weird behavior if website is blocking Tor
- No error message is displayed if website is sending empty response. Tor Browser is just refusing to connect without attempting to use different circuit. If website is blocking Tor in such way, user should use newnym (new identity) to access it.
Example: ok.ru
- User should wait if website is blocking connection from Tor exit nodes without sending any response. There is no way to change its circuit, as pressing button for it just closes the connection.
Example: okay-cms.com
- If website is redirecting to another domain when Tor is blocked, there is no obvious way to change circuit for it. One workaround is to restart tor daemon.
Example: youtube.com
Suggested workaround is to insert hyphen-minus character as a subdomain so it won’t resolve, but circuit UI disappears and insecure connection explanation breaks once you try to change it. It appears again once you connect to this website without such subdomain.
Note: just some random websites where I encountered these bugs. You can replace them by another ones if possible, this is Cypherpunks account.