Brave settings returning to default after closing and re-launching the browser; this specifically relates to the Brave "Trackers & ads blocking" and "Block fingerprinting" settings in "shields"

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OS: Windows 11
Brave: Release Notes v1.48.171 (Feb 23, 2023)

There is a similar ticket to my enquiry:

This previous ticket is not relevant to the presenting issues.

To reproduce the issue:

1.0 Launch Brave
1.1 Settings > Reset settings
1.2 Close Brave
2.0 Launch Brave
2.1 Settings > Shields then change Trackers & ads blocking to ‘Aggressive’ and Block fingerprinting to 'Strict, may break sites."
2.2 Open a new tab
2.3 Settings > Shields then note that Trackers & ads blocking is still set to ‘Aggressive’ and Block fingerprinting is still set to 'Strict, may break sites."
2.4 Close Brave
3.0 Launch Brave
3.1 Settings > Shields then note that Trackers & ads blocking has defaulted to ‘Standard’ and Block fingerprinting is has defaulted to 'Standard."
3.2 Close Brave
4.0 Give the issus a couple of days to see if fixed
4.1 Note problem not fixed
5.0 Repeat steps 1 through 4 and double check if the problem is repeatable
5.1 Create Brave account and ticket

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@Abug please accept my apologies for this inconvenience. Please go to brave://settings/clearBrowserData > On Exit and make sure that Site and Shields settings is unchecked to see if this solves the issue.

Let me know if that works.

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Thank you.

The solution you forwarded has fixed the issue.

Have a great day.,

Abug

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