browser crashes unexpectedly

[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Aggregate Topic: Outdated Brave crashing on YouTube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…