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Swiping away the "private tabs" notification requires rebootstrapping.

🐞 Bug Report

!1490 (merged) solved the issue of the tor process not always ending/disconnecting when the app was closed. But due to how the private tabs notification is wired up, swiping the notification away "finishes" the HomeActivity (triggers onDestroy on the HomeActivity with isFinishing set to true) which ends the tor process as well now.

Reproduction steps

Launch app, bootstrap, load a website (really just need a private tab open), wait for the notification to show up, swipe the notification away, app shuts down, reopen the app, notice a bootstrap is now required.

Expected behaviour

Swiping away the notification should not disconnect from tor, it should just close the private tabs.

Actual behaviour

Swiping away the notification closes everything, including disconnecting from tor. The app also persists in the "recent items" screen if the notification is swiped away while the app is open.


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