Brave crashing constantly after few minutes

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Description of the issue:
I use Brave almost one year and everything was fine. But Brave starting to crash today every few minutes. It is impossible to use it. I susspect, but I dont know really, maybe that couse is in last Windows 10 update KB4560960 (for 1909-OS Build 18363.900) but I did that update few days ago and everythig was OK until today.

Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. 2. 3.

Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!):

Expected result:
To stop crashing browser.

Reproduces how often:
Every few minutes.

Operating System and Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu):
Windows 10, 1909-OS Build 18363.900

Additional Information:
Brave [Version 1.10.90 Chromium: 83.0.4103.97 (Official Build) (64-bit)

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I have the same problem.
Any help?

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Nope, I notice this today.

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I’m also experiencing this issue. Mac OS 10.15.5 (19F101). Brave Browser Version 1.10.90 Chromium: 83.0.4103.97 (Official Build) (64-bit)

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This was happening to me constantly - Brave would launch and then crash immediately. I have the same Mac OS/browser configuration as you.

I read a few posts here on the same subject and had an inkling that Rewards was the culprit.

My solution was to go into the folder ~Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/ then find the directory /rewards_service and then I put a hash in front of the directory name and re-launched the browser from the Dock (keeping that Finder window open so I could see what was going on). I suspected the hash would force the application to generate a new directory.

Brave launched, a new rewards_service directory was created on launch and the browser didn’t crash. I then binned the hashed directory.

Caveat: I have never activated the Brave Rewards thing, I have no data stored against it so no potential loss to me.

Give it a go mate.

EDIT: Just crashed again - that was only a partial success dammit. I’m re-posting this with a Mac tag to see if anyone else has an idea.

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I resolve it .

  1. Exported bookmarks and passwords to another folder or desktop to save it.
  2. Uninstalled Brave
  3. Deleteed in Disc Cleanup>Temporary Internet Files and Temporary Files.
  4. Deleted folder from C:>Users>Userrname>AppData>Local>Brave.
  5. Reinstall Brave again,
  6. Import bookmarks and passwords again and
  7. It works perfect again!

I hope that it will work for you!

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I resolve it .

  1. Exported bookmarks and passwords to another folder or desktop to save it.
  2. Uninstalled Brave
  3. Deleteed in Disc Cleanup>Temporary Internet Files and Temporary Files.
  4. Deleted folder from C:>Users>Userrname>AppData>Local>Brave.
  5. Reinstall Brave again,
  6. Import bookmarks and passwords again and
  7. It works perfect again!
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Thank you! It seems to be working mine as well.
However, I could not retrieve my BAT’s from the previous version.
But thank you!

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Sadly I don’t even get the time to export anything before it crashes again … :pensive:

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Yep, I’m pissed.
All of my information is logged into Brave.
The browser won’t even open for me. Its permanently screwed up.
I can’t use it at all.
Truly upset about this. What the heck is going on?

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Mine won’t even open for me to be able to export my bookmarks. This is really upsetting.

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I am using Chrome right now. No privacy but at least it works xD

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I tried this, and it did not work. Also switched to Brave Beta, which has the same problem. It worked okay for a day or so, but then went back to crashing.

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Did you by chance enable sync via the brave://flags menu? If so, try setting it back to default and relaunching.

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Brave v1.10.93
Win10 V 1909 (OS Build 18363.900)
Was ready to roll back with a system restore, but wanted to test this first.

Disabled sync and Brave stopped crashing so far, looks promising - good find @clayb91! Thanks!

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Thank you @clayb91, you just saved me. That was it. Now I’m back to Brave

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I was having a similar problem after update last night on a MAC running OS 10.14.6 . I had changed some flags in the previous version and when I updated the browser It was constantly crashing but reseting the brave flags seems to have solved the crashing problem for me as well.

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