DNS_PROBE_POSSIBLE for local sites

[reload-amid-primer]

I am using the latest Brave version ( Version 1.77.97) on MacOs. I am using Brave for local development of sites. However I always receive DNS_PROBE_POSSIBLE if I try to access a local site. localhost works fine, but for example: clientsite.test is not working. I am using Dnsmasq and laravel valet for managing the local dns entries.

This happens only in Brave. Safari and Firefox are working fine.

[289wk]

@reload-amid-primer

Can't get to my NAS with Brave but can with other browsers. NAS drives mount

Reading the posts in some of the offered links, I found one that gave a path to a Mac OS setting = Privacy and Security, then Local Network. Then turn the Brave Button on to access other devices. I might have seen that setting earlier, but it didn’t register because the only other browser in the list was FireFox. There was no entry for Safari or Opera (both of which work with the NAS). I know I didn’t turn that option OFF, so it was either a “gift” action from OS 15.4, or there was something i…

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IF you have added extensions . . .

Test, by disabling ALL of the extensions that you have added, and then try:

Install extensions, individually - no combinations (yet) - and test

Install in a sequence, one-at-a-time . . . and test . . . leaving any anti-virus and adblocking extensions to be installed, last - the anti-virus extension definitely last . . .

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[designer]

After a few restarts and updates, the NAS is now back where it belongs. Thank you for your reply.

[5e351a130543d979579e]

Same problem. macOS 15.4.1, Brave 1.77.
UPD: I am running a web application locally on my machine and try to connect to it using the http://.local: URL. It works fine in Firefox, but not in Brave.
Disabling all extensions doesn’t change anything.