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Cannot close application or save settings after loading project settings

John | Last updated: May 01, 2023 03:53PM UTC

But Suite Professional Version 2023.3.5 on Mac M1 w/ Ventura 13.3.1 Burp behaves normally until I load Project settings from a saved JSON file. Then I can no longer quit the application. I get the prompt to confirm that I want to close all Burp windows, but clicking Yes does not actually close the application. Also, I can't save settings. Telling Burp to Save Project Settings does nothing. If I force quit Burp and reopen the project file if have the same issue. Rebooting the computer does not help (thought it may be a locked file issue). This does not happen on newly created Project files. Everything seems fine until I load Settings from a saved JSON file.

John | Last updated: May 01, 2023 04:27PM UTC

Additional Info: If I save a copy of the project to a new .burp file, that new project has the same issue.

John | Last updated: May 01, 2023 07:58PM UTC

Additional Info Part 2: If I restore default project settings for 'Other project settings', the issue goes away.

Hannah, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: May 02, 2023 10:55AM UTC

Hi Does this occur when loading any project options into Burp, or a specific project options JSON file? Would you be able to drop us an email at support@portswigger.net with your diagnostics information? You can find this by going to "Help > Diagnostics" within Burp. Could you also include a copy of the project options JSON file that is causing the issue?

John | Last updated: May 02, 2023 02:38PM UTC

Hi Hannah, This occurs once I've imported a specific project JSON file. I actually tracked the issue down to a Macro in the Sessions settings. The Macro is for logging into our application. Once I removed the Macro everything returned to normal. The Macro inflates the size of the JSON file to almost 25MB. I think it winds up including a javascript bundle from the authentication requests multiple times. The Macro works fine, but it seems to break the project/settings. I just sent the diagnostics file. Since the Macro is for a SSO authentication process, I'll have to review it before I send that on.

Hannah, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: May 03, 2023 08:24AM UTC