Can't download files from internet

,
1

Been using Brave for years, no issues. I’m on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

I went to download a file that was emailed to me. I save the file, it does not appear in my computer.

I tried with different email servers, no luck.

I tried saving the file with Firefox it worked ok.

Suddenly, and out of nowhere, I can’t save files using Brave.

Any ideas?

2

@Ticonderoga88 can you tell me how you installed Brave? Was it via the official curl command or did you use snap/flatpak?

1 Like
3

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.

1 Like
4

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?

3 Likes
5

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.

1 Like
6

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:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
1 Like
7

I ran both sets of commands as described and tried again, still won’t download when the destination is specified.

8

@Ticonderoga88 thank you for checking. Going to go ahead and open an issue for this and hopefully the team will be able to resolve this

1 Like
9

I’ve opened the following issue:

1 Like
10

You might need to reboot after installing the two missing packages.

2 Likes
11

I was writing to confirm this issue on Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS.
Version 1.77.97 Chromium: 135.0.7049.84 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Curl downloaded, not Snap, same issue and temporal fix of removing the “Ask where to save” also worked.
Will check the issue posted here for updates

1 Like
12

Thanks for the advice but unfortunately, still not working after a restart.

13

Can you start the browser on the command line and share any relevant errors you see in the terminal when you download a file?

brave-browser-stable --enable-logging=stderr
1 Like
14

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.