Brave browser is blocking URLs on AXS ticketing chat


Description of the issue:
Brave Browser is blocking URLS on this site

How can this issue be reproduced?

  1. Install OvoArena App on iphone
  2. Select Contact
  3. Select AXS link in Ticketing enquiries
  4. Select ‘Have a question?’ blue pop up
  5. Select ‘Help with AXS App’
  6. Then select a series of answers saying their recommendation did not work until a ‘Chat to us!’ option appears
  7. Click on Chat to us

That is when the Browser is blocking URLs appears - it is not possible to chat to them because Brave is blocking access

Expected result:
I won’t to be able to chat on the app 'by chat I mean ‘chat messaging’

Brave Version( check About Brave):
1.73 (97)
Mobile Device details
Iphone 14 Pro
Additional Information:

I’m having trouble with the awful Ovo Arena app and I need to chat with them but when I attempt to I see this message

Browser is blocking URLs on this site

This is happening in the Ovo app so it’s not on a website.

How do I get this fixed?

Thanks

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Please repost -OR- significantly edit your Original Post (“OP”) above, to reflect the template and guidelines, and Brave Support may be more than happy to assist you.

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Sorry, I don’t understand what I’m supposed to be doing. Can you send me a proper completed ticket that I can use as sn example please?

As far as tags / concerned, etc, I can’t be 100% sure that I’ve chosen the right options either

@Andy1927 ,

Please slow down a bit, and re-read my previous reply - wherein I provided a link to an example of a good report.

Also:

Error message is in the image

Hi,
I’ve updated my ticket as requested, is that sufficient now?

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Apparently, you have set Brave Browser to be the default Internet browser, on your iPhone - correct?

Do you have Private Browsing Only mode, enabled in your Brave Browser Settings?

Another Brave Browser Setting: “Allow universal links to open in external apps” . . . do you have that Enabled or Disabled?

Yes, Brave is my default browser but I do not have Private Browsing enabled on my iPhone

I have “Allow universal links to open in external apps” enabled

ps should I just keep editing my reply instead of replying and lengthening the posts?

I have disabled it and the problem remains

Somewhere between: “Select ‘Help with AXS App’” . . . and . . . “`Chat to us!'” . . . the OVO Arena Wembley app probably sends the job of accessing AXS help, to:

https://www.axs.com/

When Safari is the default Internet browser, Safari “just opens the axs.com webpage.”

But when Brave Browser is the default Internet browser, the axs.com webpage may not function correctly - without the user’s assistance: Making some Brave Shields [icon] adjustment(s).

Perhaps / maybe, BEFORE you use the OVO Arena Wembley app, start Brave Browser on your iPhone, and use a Brave Browser New Window (aka tab) to open the axs.com website.

There, you would click the Brave Shields [icon] button, and allow javascripts - by, Disabling “Block Scripts”:

So Brave Browser is prepared - and leave the website window open. (Not meaning: leave the Brave Shields window dangling)

Then use the OVO Arena Wembley app.


When you get a chance, study (yeah, more study) how the Brave Shields system works:

Shields Basics

How do I configure global and site-specific Shields settings?

How do I use Shields while browsing?


Leave that enabled, for now.

Do not worry about lengthening the posts with more replies.

Thanks for this, I’m going to need some time to digest all of this (its a bit confusing) as I’m not that technically minded! I’ll need to set aside some time to try this over the weekend unless I have a window of opportunity before then.
Lets see what happens

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Just so you know, Brave has nothing to do with things happening in other apps. If you’re clicking on a link from another app it will open in Brave if it’s your default browser.

The screenshot you shared seems to be happening in its own app. The UI shown is completely different from what we generally would see from Brave. And if it was trying to open in Brave, it should actually open the Brave app and display something there. It’s kind of weird for this error message to be appearing in their app.

If you press and hold down on the Chat to us! button, does a context menu open up? If so, you should see some sort of option like Copy URL, Open in Brave, or something of the sort. I’m wondering if perhaps copying link and going would work. In this I’m saying if you can copy the link, open in Brave, and paste the URL it may work. Or if it just straight up gives you an option to open in the browser.

Other thing, if you try to go through the help articles completely through Brave rather than starting through their app, might you have any better success?

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Hi,
Nothing happens when I press ‘Chat to us’, the screen remains unresponsive and the blocked URL message appears likr a strap line at the top.
I just changed my default browser back to Safari and it’s the same result. I didn’t clear history, cache, cookies though - do you think I should?

I’ll revert back to Beave for the time being.

This is visible while you’re still in the Ovo Arena app, right? It’s not switched over to Brave, Safari, or any other app? While I’m pretty sure I’m right, it’s always good to make sure not assuming and that the person using the device can give confirmation.

This shouldn’t be needed, but won’t hurt anything if you do (except make you login on things again if you clear cookies)

I will repeat what I mentioned earlier. Instead of going through the whole process on their app, would you have any better luck just trying to navigate to their website? I’m not sure where you’re at or anything, but like if you went to https://www.axs.com/ or I suppose maybe https://axssupportuk.axs.com/hc/en-gb/articles/14184613629212-How-do-I-contact-AXS-UK-as-a-customer (or whichever is accurate website)

It may just be that the app has some issue or perhaps even iOS itself is blocking something from opening in that app. But trying a different approach, specifically trying to navigate directly to their website in Brave and contacting from there, would be good to see if it would allow further conversation. If it goes through, then it’s confirmation it’s something with their app. But if it blocks you from anything while on their website when using Brave, then that also tells us something.

Thanks for your help on this, this is occurring whilst I’m in the OvoArena app.
I absolutely need to be able to carry this out in my phone because for most of the time I don’t have access to a laptop.

Anyway, I don’t wish to pursue this anymore, I thought this would be a straightforward change / toggle of something in the settings - it may well be something in the App itself.

Thanks again for your help on this.

Force Restart:


Silly me. There is no “OvoArena app” for iOS!


There is: OVO Arena Wembley app for iOS:

I incorrectly assumed that the app in question, was an official app for “axs.com

Finally, searching online - that I should have done, originally (criteria: “ovo arena app not working” - I used Brave Search) . . . revealed several unsatisfied users of the OVO Arena Wembley app.

The issue is apparently between the app and sites to which it connects.

My apologies for not doing better work.

Yes which is why I keep trying to tell you to do it on the Brave app on your phone. I was telling you to go to the website in Brave and try to talk to them. But you keep doing it just from their app only which I don’t think you have to.

But hopefully you get it figured out.

Your steps above worked! I opened OvoArenas website and repeated the steps from yesterday and got into AXS Chat successfully:

Thanks again

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