Brave Beta crashes all instances on down click of "Media Control" icon in the top right bar

Brave Beta crashes all instances on the down click of the “Media Control” icon in the top bar.

  1. Use the Beta version.
  2. Open a tab with media playing, such as a Youtube video.
  3. Click the music note icon ♫ that appears in the top right bar tray. Tooltip: “Control your music, videos, and more”
  4. Crashes immediately.
  5. Luckily, launching Brave Beta again displays the “Restore” backup.

Notes:

  • It crashes all instances of Brave Beta running. Whether it’s one profile open or multiple profiles, all terminate.
  • The “mouse down” of the click triggers the crash, doesn’t wait for the mouse up.
  • The regular Brave release (not Beta) doesn’t have this problem.

I’ve never experienced this. I can’t remember the last time I clicked the media control icon, if it’s been weeks or months, so I’m not sure how new this is.

Is it affecting anyone else?


Brave Beta: Version 1.76.47 Chromium: 133.0.6943.27 (Official Build) beta (64-bit)

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Thank you for checking and the link to the issue!

That’s surely the same bug.

Glad it’s known and being addressed.

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You’re encountering a bug with the Brave Beta version. It’s possible that the media control feature is conflicting with something in the current build. Since it doesn’t affect the stable release, it’s likely specific to the beta version. You could try clearing your cache or reinstalling Brave Beta to see if that resolves the issue. If not, reporting the bug to Brave’s GitHub page or using the “Submit Feedback” option within the browser could help the dev team identify and fix it in the next update.