@BULLDOG1111,
I’m wondering if it is a browser extension you have installed? Can you try creating a new profile and see if you get the same behavior when using the new profile?
Thanks for the troubleshooting idea. The only extension I am running is KDE Plasma Integration. Unfortunately the behavior is the same whether the extension is on or off.
Switching to a new profile seems to have fixed the issue based on limited testing of an intermittent problem. It seems much snappier now with both the KDE Plasma Extension on or off.
The key difference between the original profile and the current profile was the original profile imported data from Firefox. The new profile only imported passwords and bookmarks from files exported from Brave. That could be the difference.
@BULLDOG1111,
Could be – I would imagine clearing cache/browsing data for all time in your old profile would probably resolve the issue as well. But regardless I’m glad you’ve got the browser working as intended.
The issue comes back over time. It seems to be related to the auto complete feature. As history builds up over a few days the lag starts again. Turning off auto complete eliminates the lag so it appears that there may be a bug in the implementation of auto complete. Note that I have auto complete turned on for only history and bookmarks. I have the other options such as top sites, suggestions, etc. turned off.
When I originally posted this issue I was on version 1.18. The problem has continued in 1.19 and 1.20.
This issue still exists after several updates. I am currently on 1.21.76. Is there any more info I can provide so the developers can diagnose and fix this issue?