Crashing often and randomly

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Description of the issue:

Tapping on the tab control (the square with a number inside) has been causing Brave to crash often on iOS. This problem just started this morning (4/29/25, 8 AM Eastern time). Previously, I have encountered random crashes when adding bookmarks.

Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. 2. 3.

For the tab control button crash:

  1. Open several websites in just 2 to 3 tabs.
  2. Tap the tab control button.
  3. This is enough to cause a crash.

For the “add a bookmark” crash:

  1. Open a website.
  2. Add the site as a bookmark.
  3. Click Save.

Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!):

Brave crashes, and in my setup, offers to restore the tabs that were open. Answering yes or no doesn’t make a difference in the likelihood of a future crash.

Expected result:

Brave should not crash in either scenario.

Reproduces how often:

Every time (for the tab control button crash) and randomly (for the bookmark crash).

Operating System and Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu):

Version 1.77 (99)
iOS 18.4.1 (22E252)

Additional Information:

On the desktop version of Brave, I remember being instructed to access an internal URL for reporting crashes. On my iPhone, I have analytics enabled as well as the setting to share them with app developers.

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Hello! I will send you a DM to share the IPS file.

Go to Settings on your device (not on Brave, but on your iPhone or iPad)

Go to Analytics & Improvements

Click on Analytics Data

In the search bar on top, look for Client, this will be Brave.

You will be looking for something that looks like Client-2023-15-XXXXXX.ips