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HTTP Basic Auth Dialog: Show entire onion address & custom message

Summary

Websites using http Basic Auth (various RFCs: 7235, 2617) present a modal dialog to the end user. It would be nice if the dialog was:

  1. wide enough to show the entire onion address
  2. contained the custom message sent by the website

Steps to reproduce:

Access a site using http Basic Auth.

What is the current bug behavior?

The dialog truncates the onion address, rendering some of it impossible to see. The custom message by the website is not displayed in the dialog.

What is the expected behavior?

The entire onion address, with .onion extension, should be visible. The custom message sent by the site should be visible in the dialog box.

Relevant logs and/or screenshots

See attached from Tor Browser 10.5 & 11.0.1

Tor_Browser_10___Basic_Auth Tor_Browser_11___Basic_Auth

Edited by werd
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