#26879: Disk leak on macOS due to Notification API ------------------------------------------+--------------------------- Reporter: gk | Owner: tbb-team Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Medium | Milestone: Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version: Severity: Normal | Keywords: tbb-disk-leak Actual Points: | Parent ID: Points: | Reviewer: Sponsor: | ------------------------------------------+--------------------------- Konark Modi reported a while ago a disk leak at least on macOS due to the Notification API. Here is the bug report: {{{ The leak is cause by: https://www.w3.org/TR/notifications/ API.
Steps to reproduce: 1. Visit http://www.bennish.net/web-notifications.html 2. Temporarily allow JS. 3. Click on Authorize button. 4. Click on Show button. 5. Notification should occur. macOS by default saves these notification in`/private/var/folders/qs/54swlb5d1fx4hq969vdqg4rr0000gn/0/com.apple.notificationcenter/db` . It dumps the content of the notification and the website name. This location can be found using: Activity Monitor -> Search for process user noted -> Open files and ports -> Notifications DB. Now, although the user opted in to these notifications, but this is an intended leak from OS level. }}} -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/26879> Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/> The Tor Project: anonymity online
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