browser crashes unexpectedly

[Aziz]

Hi Brave community,

I’ve been using Brave for a while now and I’ve been really happy with it. However, I’ve recently been having an issue where the browser crashes unexpectedly when I visit certain websites, like YouTube.

I’ve tried a few things to fix the issue, such as clearing my cache and cookies, disabling extensions, and updating Brave to the latest version, but nothing has worked so far.

I’m hoping someone in the community might be able to help me out. I’ve attached a crash report in case that’s helpful.

Thanks in advance for your help!

[Hotdogs555]

Edit: wrong first link

Chances are this is related to one of the component updates. See this post:

Brave has crashed and i need a coupld tabs that were open

For what it’s worth, there’s an update that was pushed out today. New instruction: Don’t click the restore button on sight, as it’ll crash right there. You should be able to still click that button after this. Try to visit brave://components , and just update down the whole list. Then hit restore, and it shouldn’t crash. Mentioned here You can check the other post again to see if you need any other possible fixes.

And if that doesn’t fix the issue, see this post:

Aggregate Topic: Outdated Brave crashing on YouTube

My attempt at an aggregate solution post. This is affecting ALL OSs with older Brave browser versions. Win 7/8.1 are hard-locked to a certain version, which this impacts the most. The “why” is due to the following: There’s a part of Brave that still updates in the background brave://components. This is what handles stuff like the Shields (and why it continues to work with blocking ads/trackers even in older versions). In an unspecific explanation, it’s how the shields interact with google/you…

[bufanzo]

I’ve also been experiencing this issue when visiting youtube and a few other video sites under Fedora Linux for around 5 days now, with everything being up-to-date. After trying all the usual temporary fixes (clearing cache + cookies, disabling shields, updating components etc…), I did some digging and came across a comment on a related GitHub issue: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/37341#issuecomment-2048166141 This completely resolved the issue for me. Simply go to brave://flags and disable brave-ai-chat.

[Frankguy]

I just wanted to add that I have also had terrible resolve with great carryover with YouTube interactions. I’ve used Brave since 2019. The issue has surpassed any time saved over a five(5) year span, as generated on my new tab pages, in a mere couple of months in Souls-like fashion.