Start brave in incognito+TOR mode using command line #2105

edouard-lopez · 2018-11-12T14:30:42Z

Description

related: #690, #1457

Starting Brave in incognito mode via command is possible with the --incognito flag. However there is no such flag for the Tor feature.

Steps to Reproduce

To enable Tor you have to:

Start brave manually or by CLI brave-browser --incognito (here in incognito mode) ;
Hit Alt+Shift+N (Linux user) ;
Close previous window.

Actual result:

Works

Expected result:

Open directly via a flag, e.g.:

 brave-browser --incognito --tor

Reproduces how often:

Every time

Brave version (brave://version info)

 Version 0.56.12 Chromium: 70.0.3538.77 (Official Build) (64-bit)

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jackcaron · 2018-11-22T20:31:02Z

Yes please!!!

Not sure if the right issue also, but when installed on Ubuntu, you can lock Brave in the launcher. And with a right click, having option for the incognito and incognito+tor would also be great.

jtbrown3 · 2018-11-23T04:30:17Z

Thanks for mentioning this @jackcaron - In Windows 10, this context feature of 'right-clicking' from the TaskBar or Start Menu also exists. It would be a GREAT if Brave could also add the "New Incognito+Tor Window" selection to these special context menus. This could be an extension of the command-line option being requested here...

Brave-Matt · 2018-12-18T19:19:59Z

Just had a user on Reddit confirm that a way to do this in Windows (tested and works on my end):
https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/a7aflb/how_to_launch_brave_browser_in_incognito_mode_by/
Method:

Right-click on Brave Shortcut --> Properties
In Target path, enter [space]--incognito after quotations
Click Apply/OK
Brave shortcut launches with Private Window
Note: the [space] refers the actual space character - command throws invalid path error without the space between the last " and --incognito

ghost · 2018-12-28T17:26:37Z

Yes, please, add the command line to open brave tor window.
That's a real need for us.

manit-shah · 2019-02-27T13:14:50Z

+1 for adding CLI command to open Brave tor window (start Brave --tor perhaps?)
+1 for adding New private window with Tor option to Windows 10 special context menus

Additional (related) request:
Allow the user to specify the default new window type (normal window, private window, or private window with Tor). So that a user may choose for Brave to always open to a private window with Tor. This would be an outstanding addition (which even Chrome does not have).

Brave-Matt · 2019-07-31T17:28:22Z

+1 from reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/ck9z3v/command_line_option_to_launch_new_private_browser/

Brave-Matt · 2019-08-19T18:50:45Z

+1 https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/csao5r/open_brave_with_tor_by_default_via_shortcut/

ghost · 2019-12-06T13:43:58Z

+1 from Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/e6pk3i/windows_run_command_to_open_link_in_private/

WhatDothLife · 2020-04-14T15:41:51Z

Can't wait for this to be implemented.

ghost · 2020-04-17T15:09:09Z

+1 bump

RuthlessRuler · 2020-04-28T10:17:21Z

+1 Bump.

cybardev · 2020-05-02T16:54:38Z

It's been 2 years already... Please implement it soon. It'd be a killer feature.
Also, please add it to the context menu (.desktop file on Linux) so we get a "New Incognito Window with Tor" option on right-clicking the shortcut.

contre95 · 2020-05-03T20:08:55Z

It would be a great feature, yes !

contre95 · 2020-05-03T20:25:03Z

how f*cking long this will take? Do hear me?
just parse a new cli argument and trigger incognito+tor mode just like incognito.

Calm down dude !

This commit implements a command line switch (--tor) that starts Brave in Tor mode. This is done by subclassing StartupBrowserCreatorImpl and implementing a custom Launch method. If the user provided a --tor command line flag, the patch switches the profile to Tor mode and then calls StartupBrowserCreatorImpl's original Launch method. This commit resolves brave/brave-browser#2105.

NullHypothesis · 2021-08-03T15:53:16Z

This feature was implemented in brave/brave-core#9533. It makes it possible to start Brave in Tor mode by running:

brave-browser --tor

Note that if the --tor switch is used together with --silent-launch, Tor won't be launched.

rebron · 2021-08-03T16:50:11Z

Closing. Fixed per comment above.

xmha97 · 2021-08-03T22:23:50Z

brave-browser --tor

This command doesn't work on the stable version.

Please help me or reopen this issue.

stephendonner · 2021-08-03T23:10:28Z

Verified PASSED using the testplan from brave/brave-core#9533 with

Brave	1.29.48 Chromium: 92.0.4515.131 (Official Build) nightly (x86_64)
Revision	6b8d6c56ce21e38a72f7c4becb5abc1fa5134f29-refs/branch-heads/4515@{#1933}
OS	macOS Version 11.5.1 (Build 20G80)

Steps:

Test 1

Open a website in browser window 1 (abc.com) and another website in browser window 2 (bbc.com)
Quit Brave and launch it with --tor command line flag
Open a normal window by pressing Ctrl + n or by clicking on Menu -> New window
Windows from step 1 should be restored

Confirmed abc.com and bbc.com reopened

Test 2

Open a website in browser window 1 (abc.com) and another website in browser window 2 (bbc.com)
Quit Brave and launch it with --tor command line flag
Quit Brave
Launch Brave without --tor
Windows from step 1 should be restored

Confirmed abc.com and bbc.com reopened

Test 3

Open a website in browser window 1 (abc.com) and another website in browser window 2 (bcc.com)
Crash browser using chrome://inducebrowsercrashforrealz/
Launch Brave with --tor
Open a normal window by pressing Ctrl + n or by clicking on Menu -> New window
Windows from step 1 should be restored

Confirmed abc.com and bbc.com reopened

example	example

Test 4

Open a website in browser window 1 (abc.com) and another website in browser window 2 (bbc.com)
Crash browser using chrome://inducebrowsercrashforrealz/
Launch Brave with --tor
Quit Brave
Launch Brave without --tor
Windows from step 1 should be restored

Confirmed abc.com and bbc.com reopened

Test 5

Launch Brave with --tor
Visit https://check.torproject.org/api/ip
Make sure that the page contains the string "IsTor":true.

Confirmed I saw {"IsTor":true,"IP":"185.220.102.249"}

Verification passed on

Brave	1.29.60 Chromium: 92.0.4515.131 (Official Build) beta (64-bit)
Revision	6b8d6c56ce21e38a72f7c4becb5abc1fa5134f29-refs/branch-heads/4515@{#1933}
OS	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Verified test plan from brave/brave-core#9533

Test 1

Test 2

Test 3

Test 4

Test 5

Verification passed on

Brave | 1.29.74 Chromium: 93.0.4577.58 (Official Build) (64-bit)
-- | --
Revision | c4410ece044414ea42fa4ba328d08195e818a99c-refs/branch-heads/4577@{#1076}
OS | Windows 10 OS Version 2009 (Build 19043.1165)

Verified the test plan from Add command line switch to start in Tor mode. brave-core#9533

Test 1

Confirmed cnn.com and nytimes.com reopened

Test 2

Confirmed twitter.com and buzzfeed.com reopened

Test 3

Confirmed theverge.com and orimi.com reopened

Test 4

Confirmed `gmail.com` and `indiatimes.com` reopened

Test 5

stephendonner · 2021-08-03T23:14:58Z

brave-browser --tor

This command doesn't work on the stable version.

Please help me or reopen this issue.

hi @xmha97 - this does work in 1.29.48 and newer nightly builds, and will be in the August 31st release (https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Brave-Release-Schedule), if not sooner (if we take the change and uplift/back-port to 1.28.x branch).

gnfpt · 2023-07-16T10:56:00Z

Brave doesn't start in tor mode when app mode is also used.

ie:
brave --tor --app="https://whatismyipaddress.com/"

~/gnf.pt

srirambv added enhancement feature/tor feature-request misc/command-line-args labels Nov 12, 2018

srirambv added this to the 1.x Backlog milestone Nov 12, 2018

tildelowengrimm added the priority/P5 Not scheduled. Don't anticipate work on this any time soon. label Nov 14, 2018

rebron modified the milestone: 1.x Backlog Feb 7, 2019

This was referenced Aug 7, 2019

Creation of desktop shortcut with default run of tor private browsing. #3092

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[Feature] Tor Always Mode #1457

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NullHypothesis mentioned this issue Jul 22, 2021

Add command line switch to start in Tor mode. brave/brave-core#9533

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rebron added this to the 1.29.x - Nightly milestone Aug 3, 2021

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[Desktop] Release Notes for 1.29.x Release #1 #17767

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[Question]How to Open Brave Tor using the launch method ? microsoft/playwright#15908

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edouard-lopez commented Nov 12, 2018

Description

Steps to Reproduce

Actual result:

Expected result:

Reproduces how often:

Brave version (brave://version info)

jackcaron commented Nov 22, 2018

jtbrown3 commented Nov 23, 2018

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