oh wow, I don’t know, its been years - I’m not very technically savy with it, I probably did it the easiest way possible and likely by following the directions on the Brave page.
First, to check and see if this is a similar issue to one I’ve seen other Linux users encounter, can you please go to brave://settings/downloads and toggle the Ask where to save each file before downloading option “off” and then see if downloads go through?
How interesting. Yes, when I turn the option off, the docs went right to my “downloads” file without issue. I toggled it back on, it asked where I wanted them, I specified, and the download didn’t work.
Thank you for confirming.
Can you please try installing the following packages via Terminal, then test again? xdg-desktop-portal-gtk and xdg-desktop-portal
You can do this by launching the Linux Terminal and using the following commands:
I have the same thing going on here just now, for several weeks. I’m on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. I’ve already tried everything. Also uninstalled and reinstalled Brave. With Chrome I also had it, but after updating Chrome the problem was solved. But with Brave, the problem persists. I am getting tired of it silently.