Dark mode resests after browser is closed

[Noir1]

There are many reports of this:

Brave 1.52.117 in Linux Mint 21.1 Dark/Light/ Use GTK preference not saving

If you set Dark or use GTK (with a dark theme) it doesn’t keep this preference when you go back into brave. It will show GTK or Dark but it’s still Light theme anyway. This has been happening since update to 1.52.117 on Linux Mint 21. Was working previously. Both in software manager Flatpak (brave) or command line install Flatpak (brave-browser). I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling my Brave Flatpaks both through the Software Manager GUI in Linux Mint 21.1 and also via the Command Lin…

1.52.117 Linux xubuntu 22.04

Description of the issue: launching brave causes the “what’s new in brave” page to open, not in the previous pre-update dark theme (i didn’t have my sunglasses handy, so that HURT) AND a New Tab in one window/instance, as well as the “What’s New” page in a private browsing window with Tor enabled. Not Happy…you guys have been spot on for a long time with the updates and now you broke it again How can this issue be reproduced? Don sunglasses 2.Launch brave Expected result: my last brows…

I even saw some on reddit.
It is brave that’s broken, at least on linux. I “solved” this by downgrading with
sudo apt install brave-browser=1.51.118