Brave not resolving keyword searches

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Description of the issue:
Keywords are not being resolved when trying to run searches with them.

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

  1. Added custom search engines in settings, e.g. “Amazon,” keyword “:a”, url “https://smile.amazon.com”

  2. typed “:a [search query]” into url bar

  3. google search run for “:a [search query]”

Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!):

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Expected result:
amazon search for [search query]

Reproduces how often:
100% of the time.
Operating System and Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu):
OS: Windows 10.0.17134
Brave 0.65.118

Additional info
Tried with a variety of search engines, urls and keywords. Consistent results

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@HarryOtsdarva Thanks for reaching out!. Please change the query to https://www.amazon.com/?q=%s&client=brz-brave

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It’s working as expected, please revert back if query change doesn’t fix the issue.

Thanks!

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That particular url just brought me to the amazon main page whenever I tried to search. I got the proper url by clearing my custom search engines and visiting the website myself. Thanks for your help!

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