Inconsistent "Tor is not ready" notification

When clicking on a weblink (let’s say from pidgin or thunderbird), we get a notification saying “Tor is not ready. Start Tor Browser anyway?” but Tor is fully ready and already working.

Related issues

Has duplicate #16473 (closed)
Blocks #16209

Original created by @mercedes508 on 16169 (Redmine)

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