Manual test run on macOS (Intel) for Tor 0.4.9.5 - Release #1

[GeetaSarvadnya]

macOS 15.x Sequoia

Tor Client Updater

• For development go-update-server. Run brave-browser with --user-data-dir=component-dev --use-dev-goupdater-url (These flags are only available in v1.7.x). Once the crx is pushed to production run without these flags.
• Navigate to brave://components and verify Tor Client Updater (OS) is updated successfully.
• Open New Private Window with Tor and confirm that it starts without any errors.
  • Navigate to check.torproject.org and verify that tor is working successfully.
  • Navigate to brave.com and http://brave4u7jddbv7cyviptqjc7jusxh72uik7zt6adtckl5f4nwy2v72qd.onion/ to check if the sites work correctly.
• Load brave.com and mail.protonmail.com in a regular Window/Tab and ensure that clicking the Tor button in the URL bar correctly launches a Tor window and opens the appropriate .onion website.

MacOS

• Navigate to /Users/<user>/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser-<channel>/cldoidikboihgcjfkhdeidbpclkineef/<version>
• Run codesign -vvvv tor-<version-tor>-darwin-brave-<version-brave> to confirm codesign is valid
• For MacOS Catalina (10.15+) - Run spctl -a -vv -t install tor-<version-tor>-darwin-brave-<version-brave> to verify that the binary is notarized.

macOS 14.x Sonoma

Tor Client Updater

• For development go-update-server. Run brave-browser with --user-data-dir=component-dev --use-dev-goupdater-url (These flags are only available in v1.7.x). Once the crx is pushed to production run without these flags.
• Navigate to brave://components and verify Tor Client Updater (OS) is updated successfully.
• Open New Private Window with Tor and confirm that it starts without any errors.
  • Navigate to check.torproject.org and verify that tor is working successfully.
  • Navigate to brave.com and http://brave4u7jddbv7cyviptqjc7jusxh72uik7zt6adtckl5f4nwy2v72qd.onion/ to check if the sites work correctly.
• Load brave.com and mail.protonmail.com in a regular Window/Tab and ensure that clicking the Tor button in the URL bar correctly launches a Tor window and opens the appropriate .onion website.

MacOS

• Navigate to /Users/<user>/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser-<channel>/cldoidikboihgcjfkhdeidbpclkineef/<version>
• Run codesign -vvvv tor-<version-tor>-darwin-brave-<version-brave> to confirm codesign is valid
• For MacOS Catalina (10.15+) - Run spctl -a -vv -t install tor-<version-tor>-darwin-brave-<version-brave> to verify that the binary is notarized.

macOS 13.x Ventura

Tor Client Updater

• For development go-update-server. Run brave-browser with --user-data-dir=component-dev --use-dev-goupdater-url (These flags are only available in v1.7.x). Once the crx is pushed to production run without these flags.
• Navigate to brave://components and verify Tor Client Updater (OS) is updated successfully.
• Open New Private Window with Tor and confirm that it starts without any errors.
  • Navigate to check.torproject.org and verify that tor is working successfully.
  • Navigate to brave.com and http://brave4u7jddbv7cyviptqjc7jusxh72uik7zt6adtckl5f4nwy2v72qd.onion/ to check if the sites work correctly.
• Load brave.com and mail.protonmail.com in a regular Window/Tab and ensure that clicking the Tor button in the URL bar correctly launches a Tor window and opens the appropriate .onion website.

MacOS

• Navigate to /Users/<user>/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser-<channel>/cldoidikboihgcjfkhdeidbpclkineef/<version>
• Run codesign -vvvv tor-<version-tor>-darwin-brave-<version-brave> to confirm codesign is valid
• For MacOS Catalina (10.15+) - Run spctl -a -vv -t install tor-<version-tor>-darwin-brave-<version-brave> to verify that the binary is notarized.

macOS 12.x Monterey

Tor Client Updater

• For development go-update-server. Run brave-browser with --user-data-dir=component-dev --use-dev-goupdater-url (These flags are only available in v1.7.x). Once the crx is pushed to production run without these flags.
• Navigate to brave://components and verify Tor Client Updater (OS) is updated successfully.
• Open New Private Window with Tor and confirm that it starts without any errors.
  • Navigate to check.torproject.org and verify that tor is working successfully.
  • Navigate to brave.com and http://brave4u7jddbv7cyviptqjc7jusxh72uik7zt6adtckl5f4nwy2v72qd.onion/ to check if the sites work correctly.
• Load brave.com and mail.protonmail.com in a regular Window/Tab and ensure that clicking the Tor button in the URL bar correctly launches a Tor window and opens the appropriate .onion website.

MacOS

• Navigate to /Users/<user>/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser-<channel>/cldoidikboihgcjfkhdeidbpclkineef/<version>
• Run codesign -vvvv tor-<version-tor>-darwin-brave-<version-brave> to confirm codesign is valid
• For MacOS Catalina (10.15+) - Run spctl -a -vv -t install tor-<version-tor>-darwin-brave-<version-brave> to verify that the binary is notarized.

[LaurenWags]

Verified for the below:

macOS 15.x Sequoia x64 - PASSED

Verified using the following build:

Brave | 1.87.191 Chromium: 145.0.7632.120 (Official Build) (x86_64)
-- | --
Revision | b41ca0058b186779cba8e3d7bcb9c52750f5a7e6
OS | macOS Version 15.6.1 (Build 24G90)

Confirmed that the correct Tor component was being downloaded via --use-dev-goupdater-url:

Confirmed that the Tor component was started when launching Tor and ensured Tor 0.4.9.5 was being used.
Confirmed Zlib version being used is 1.3.2.

Feb 25 11:04:08.068 [notice] Tor 0.4.9.5 running on Darwin with Libevent 2.1.12-stable, OpenSSL 3.6.1, Zlib 1.3.2, Liblzma N/A, Libzstd N/A and Unknown N/A as libc.

Confirmed that you can open the following domains in a Tor window without issues:

• brave.com
• http://brave4u7jddbv7cyviptqjc7jusxh72uik7zt6adtckl5f4nwy2v72qd.onion/
• check.torproject.org

Confirmed the following sites opened via “Open in Tor” button from normal window and navigated to .onion URL in a Tor window:

• brave.com --> https://brave4u7jddbv7cyviptqjc7jusxh72uik7zt6adtckl5f4nwy2v72qd.onion/
• https://account.proton.me/login --> https://account.protonmailrmez3lotccipshtkleegetolb73fuirgj7r4o4vfu7ozyd.onion/

Confirmed that codesign is valid:

laurenwags@macos---sequoia-15 ~ % cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/cldoidikboihgcjfkhdeidbpclkineef/1.0.81
laurenwags@macos---sequoia-15 1.0.81 % codesign -vvvv tor-0.4.9.5-darwin-brave-0 
tor-0.4.9.5-darwin-brave-0: valid on disk
tor-0.4.9.5-darwin-brave-0: satisfies its Designated Requirement

Confirmed that the binary is notarized:

laurenwags@macos---sequoia-15 1.0.81 % spctl -a -vv -t install tor-0.4.9.5-darwin-brave-0 
tor-0.4.9.5-darwin-brave-0: accepted
source=Notarized Developer ID
origin=Developer ID Application: Brave Software, Inc. (KL8N8XSYF4)                                         

macOS 14.x Sonoma x64 - PASSED

Verified using the following build:

Brave | 1.87.191 Chromium: 145.0.7632.120 (Official Build) (x86_64)
-- | --
Revision | b41ca0058b186779cba8e3d7bcb9c52750f5a7e6
OS | macOS Version 14.7.2 (Build 23H311)

Confirmed that the correct Tor component was being downloaded via --use-dev-goupdater-url:

Confirmed that the Tor component was started when launching Tor and ensured Tor 0.4.9.5 was being used.
Confirmed Zlib version being used is 1.3.2.

Feb 25 11:21:48.384 [notice] Tor 0.4.9.5 running on Darwin with Libevent 2.1.12-stable, OpenSSL 3.6.1, Zlib 1.3.2, Liblzma N/A, Libzstd N/A and Unknown N/A as libc.

Confirmed that you can open the following domains in a Tor window without issues:

• brave.com
• http://brave4u7jddbv7cyviptqjc7jusxh72uik7zt6adtckl5f4nwy2v72qd.onion/
• check.torproject.org

Confirmed the following sites opened via “Open in Tor” button from normal window and navigated to .onion URL in a Tor window:

• brave.com --> https://brave4u7jddbv7cyviptqjc7jusxh72uik7zt6adtckl5f4nwy2v72qd.onion/
• https://account.proton.me/login --> https://account.protonmailrmez3lotccipshtkleegetolb73fuirgj7r4o4vfu7ozyd.onion/

Confirmed that codesign is valid:

lauren@macos---sonoma-14 ~ % cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/cldoidikboihgcjfkhdeidbpclkineef/1.0.81
lauren@macos---sonoma-14 1.0.81 % codesign -vvvv tor-0.4.9.5-darwin-brave-0
tor-0.4.9.5-darwin-brave-0: valid on disk
tor-0.4.9.5-darwin-brave-0: satisfies its Designated Requirement

Confirmed that the binary is notarized:

lauren@macos---sonoma-14 1.0.81 % spctl -a -vv -t install tor-0.4.9.5-darwin-brave-0  
tor-0.4.9.5-darwin-brave-0: accepted
source=Notarized Developer ID
origin=Developer ID Application: Brave Software, Inc. (KL8N8XSYF4)                            

macOS 13.x Ventura x64 - PASSED

Verified using the following build:

Brave | 1.87.191 Chromium: 145.0.7632.120 (Official Build) (x86_64)
-- | --
Revision | b41ca0058b186779cba8e3d7bcb9c52750f5a7e6
OS | macOS Version 13.7.2 (Build 22H313)

Confirmed that the correct Tor component was being downloaded via --use-dev-goupdater-url:

Confirmed that the Tor component was started when launching Tor and ensured Tor 0.4.9.5 was being used.
Confirmed Zlib version being used is 1.3.2.

Feb 25 11:38:41.199 [notice] Tor 0.4.9.5 running on Darwin with Libevent 2.1.12-stable, OpenSSL 3.6.1, Zlib 1.3.2, Liblzma N/A, Libzstd N/A and Unknown N/A as libc.

Confirmed that you can open the following domains in a Tor window without issues:

• brave.com
• http://brave4u7jddbv7cyviptqjc7jusxh72uik7zt6adtckl5f4nwy2v72qd.onion/
• check.torproject.org

Confirmed the following sites opened via “Open in Tor” button from normal window and navigated to .onion URL in a Tor window:

• brave.com --> https://brave4u7jddbv7cyviptqjc7jusxh72uik7zt6adtckl5f4nwy2v72qd.onion/
• https://account.proton.me/login --> https://account.protonmailrmez3lotccipshtkleegetolb73fuirgj7r4o4vfu7ozyd.onion/

Confirmed that codesign is valid:

lauren@macos---ventura-13 ~ % cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/cldoidikboihgcjfkhdeidbpclkineef/1.0.81
lauren@macos---ventura-13 1.0.81 % codesign -vvvv tor-0.4.9.5-darwin-brave-0
tor-0.4.9.5-darwin-brave-0: valid on disk
tor-0.4.9.5-darwin-brave-0: satisfies its Designated Requirement

Confirmed that the binary is notarized:

lauren@macos---ventura-13 1.0.81 % spctl -a -vv -t install tor-0.4.9.5-darwin-brave-0  
tor-0.4.9.5-darwin-brave-0: accepted
source=Notarized Developer ID
origin=Developer ID Application: Brave Software, Inc. (KL8N8XSYF4)                   

macOS 12.x Monterey x64 - PASSED

Verified using the following build:

Brave | 1.87.191 Chromium: 145.0.7632.120 (Official Build) (x86_64)
-- | --
Revision | b41ca0058b186779cba8e3d7bcb9c52750f5a7e6
OS | macOS Version 12.6.4 (Build 21G526)

Confirmed that the correct Tor component was being downloaded via --use-dev-goupdater-url:

Confirmed that the Tor component was started when launching Tor and ensured Tor 0.4.9.5 was being used.
Confirmed Zlib version being used is 1.3.2.

Feb 25 11:47:58.807 [notice] Tor 0.4.9.5 running on Darwin with Libevent 2.1.12-stable, OpenSSL 3.6.1, Zlib 1.3.2, Liblzma N/A, Libzstd N/A and Unknown N/A as libc.

Confirmed that you can open the following domains in a Tor window without issues:

• brave.com
• http://brave4u7jddbv7cyviptqjc7jusxh72uik7zt6adtckl5f4nwy2v72qd.onion/
• check.torproject.org

Confirmed the following sites opened via “Open in Tor” button from normal window and navigated to .onion URL in a Tor window:

• brave.com --> https://brave4u7jddbv7cyviptqjc7jusxh72uik7zt6adtckl5f4nwy2v72qd.onion/
• https://account.proton.me/login --> https://account.protonmailrmez3lotccipshtkleegetolb73fuirgj7r4o4vfu7ozyd.onion/

Confirmed that codesign is valid:

laurenwags@macos---monterey-12 ~ % cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/cldoidikboihgcjfkhdeidbpclkineef/1.0.81
laurenwags@macos---monterey-12 1.0.81 % codesign -vvvv tor-0.4.9.5-darwin-brave-0
tor-0.4.9.5-darwin-brave-0: valid on disk
tor-0.4.9.5-darwin-brave-0: satisfies its Designated Requirement

Confirmed that the binary is notarized:

laurenwags@macos---monterey-12 1.0.81 % spctl -a -vv -t install tor-0.4.9.5-darwin-brave-0     
tor-0.4.9.5-darwin-brave-0: accepted
source=Notarized Developer ID
origin=Developer ID Application: Brave Software, Inc. (KL8N8XSYF4)