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I'm using the tor browser version 10.5.2 in whonix 15, everything works, except that I cannot save logins in the tor browser because every time I try to setup a master password, a popup window appears, throwing me the following message : Unable to change Master Password.

Now I tried several things, which didn't work out :

  1. Disabling Tor private browsing mode and setting it to Remember history. (I disabled it via: Preferences > Privacy & Security > History > Tor Browser will > Remember history).
  2. Setting security.nocertdb to false (which was set to false by default, so I didn't have to toggle it).
  3. Restarted the browser

Any idea on how I might be able set this Master Password ?

PS: I know it's generally a bad idea to store passwords in the embedded password manager of browsers, but this particular browser is isolated in a whonix VM, which can only connect to the .onion site of my email provider. So I won't be searching the internet with this browser or doing anything else than accessing one unique website. That said, I have carefully thought about the reason why I want to do this, so please don't bother advising me otherwise.

Jens Kubieziel
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Curiosus Hominem
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    I believe by tor browser Version 78.11.0esr you mean Tor Browser 10.5 (based on Mozilla Firefox 78.11.0esr)? – ScumCoder Jul 13 '21 at 19:23
  • That's correct. Tor 10.5.2 – Curiosus Hominem Jul 14 '21 at 03:33
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    You are not alone. I have the very same issue. Reinstalling Tor on a Linux Mint device is not helping either. – Minty Jul 15 '21 at 13:09
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    This gets better: a previous Tor version on my other PC got auto-updated and silently removed all my saved logins and passwords. Looks like Tor developers have been sucked into the modern trend of "assume your user is stupid", which is f*** annoying. – ScumCoder Jul 16 '21 at 11:00
  • While the password manager is not supported in Tor Browser, we don't intentionally break it. - my bad, I should stop badmouthing people. – ScumCoder Jul 19 '21 at 15:00

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It's a bug that will be fixed soon, see: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/40506

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This got fixed as of 10.5.4 (based on Mozilla Firefox 78.13.0esr):

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Source: https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1054

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