<p>Looked into it and these are the results:</p>
<h2>I am having a hard time reproducing the issue.</h2>
<p>Settings -> Network Info -> Open Tor Settings -> "Delete outdated Tor files and restart" does not delete the hidden service files. it only cleans up around them.</p>
<p>see for reference<br>
<a href="https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq/blob/1d1cba1e4df6a3aaa2821f599b363bfbcf43de48/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/app/TorSetup.java#L61">https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq/blob/1d1cba1e4df6a3aaa2821f599b363bfbcf43de48/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/app/TorSetup.java#L61</a></p>
<p>This piece of code btw gets called on every application start:</p>
<ul>
<li>if there is an issue it would show every time an application gets started with offer already opened</li>
<li>renders the "Delete outdated Tor files and restart" button kind of useless</li>
</ul>
<h2>If you manually delete the files</h2>
<p>However, I agree that when you manually delete the <code>.../hiddenservice</code> directory, then everything you say is true.</p>
<h2>Questions</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<p>There seems to be now way of getting into the situation you described by doing the steps you provided. Is there anything special about your setup?</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Furthermore, shall we fix the behavior if someone tempers with the tor directory manually? is this a common practice to suggest this in support?</p>
</li>
</ul>
<details><summary>Testing environment</summary>
<p>I tried to reproduce the thing using</p>
<ul>
<li>master build</li>
<li>tag v1.2.7</li>
</ul></details>

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