Downloads are changed to blob: files, which can’t be opened

Description of the issue:
I use the Brave app from the iOS store app on my iPad. The app and iPad are both in the latest update version.

When I try to download an image file it opens in the same tab as an image webpage. When I try to download that image with the share button it saves the file as a blob:url, which can’t be opened from my file folder. I have to choose the file location myself, so it is not automatically saved in the Brave downloads folder by itself anymore.

How can this issue be reproduced?

  1. Click on any download button on a website. For example after creating images with the AI image creator of Bing.
  2. The image is opened as a new page in the same tab.
  3. Use the share button or right click → share option.
  4. Save in a folder.
  5. Go to the folder and the file can’t be accessed as it’s a blob:url file.

Expected result:
Download as .jpeg, or any other image file, in the downloads folder.

Brave Version( check About Brave):

Version 1.66.2 (124)

Mobile Device details
iPad Pro with iPadOS 17.5.1

Additional Information:
This does not happen on the Brave browser on my MacBook, only on the iPad.

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