Description of the issue:
Brave suddenly crashed recently, and when I tried to start it back up, it just crashes instantly. I can go back to my previous tabs by creating a private window and opening settings, but if I create a new tab, it crashes, and when I try and open up a new tab, it takes me to the page about:blank#blocked.
Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary):
Somehow get Brave to crash?
Open up Brave
Crash.
Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!):
When I open it up normally, just opens up and crashes instantly
Expected result:
The browser opens correctly
Reproduces how often:
Every time
Operating System and Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu):
Windows 10, Version 1.43.88
Additional Information:
I restarted windows, reinstalled brave, and cleared prefetch files. I also added āC:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exeā --disable-brave-sync to target, and nothing worked.
My Brave also started Crashing on startup today. I literally used the bathroom and came back and It wouldnāt open up without crashing. I can only open private tabs. If I try to enter the settings it also crashes. This is what I found
Ive exactly the same problem.
Iāve also a little workaround for it.
Try to open your Browser in administrative mode and go the your settings and change your " New Tab Page" to āBlank pageā
Open brave://settings/newTab and check if dashboard is the choice for new tab; If this does not resolve the issue maybe one of your extensions causes the issue to happen; Or try reinstalling Brave as follows:
Open brave://settings/help, Click on the word āVersionā, download the setup file and reinstall Brave.
If the browser remains active on start - go to brave://crashes/ and send me a DM of the Crash IDs.
If the browser crashes immediately on start - go to AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser-Nightly\User Data\Crashpad\reports and send me a DM the .dmp files.
While using the Oculus app it tried to force me to make a Meta Account and opened brave and it didnāt crash! I also noticed I can open links on discord to websites to open brave. But If I try to make a new Tab it simply crashes. BUT When I set my New Tab to Blank Page It no longer crashes.
Thereās one open report with details that may help narrow the problem down. For any of the folks crashing, can you please visit brave://flags/#brave-sync-v2 and report if this is disabled?
For me it was set to Default. And when enabled it prompts me to relaunch. After relaunching I tried to see if I could set my New Tab back to Dashboard. But Even after enabling Brave Sync v2 it still crashes when trying to open a new Tab. So for now I set it back to Default and also set my new Tab back to Blank Page.
Heres the crash thing
Local Crash Context: de3cc681-215c-453a-800e-408f4a589bf6
@Tak3aStepBack thanks for trying the Brave Sync v2 as default (youāll have to relaunch after changing it). Default is the correct value. Can you visit brave://crashes and upload that report? It should have a report ID you can then share (maybe you can share here!)
