Default Search Engine Does Not Persist Through Shift to New Identity
Summary
Default Search Engine Does Not Persist Through Shift to New Identity
Steps to reproduce:
How one can reproduce the issue - this is very important.
- Install tor-browser-linux-x86_64-13.0.tar.xz
- Start ./start-tor-browser.desktop
- Hamburger > Settings > Search > Find More Search Engines
- From https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/extensions/category/search-tools/ search for brave
- Install "Brave Search" by Dusan Uveric
- Hamburger > Settings > Search > Default Search Engine > Brave
- Hamburger > Quit
- Start ./start-tor-browser.desktop
- Hamburger > Settings > Search
- Note that Default Search Engine is set to "Brave"
- Hamburger > New Identity
- Hamburger > Settings > Search
- Note that Default Search Engine has been reset to DDG
What is the current bug behavior?
Shifting to New Identity resets the Default Search Engine.
What is the expected behavior?
The Default Search Engine setting ought to be preserved through a shift to New Identity.
Environment
Linux version 5.10.0-26-amd64 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc-10 (Debian 10.2.1-6) 10.2.1 20210110, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.2) #1 SMP Debian 5.10.197-1 (2023-09-29) TBB was installed from tar archive.