opened 11:46PM - 22 Sep 21 UTC
closed 07:51PM - 27 Sep 21 UTC
closed/no-milestone
## Description
On an Asus PC running Windows 8.1, I cannot download Brave for …the first time because "The download failed" and keeps failing (see two screencaps).
## Steps to Reproduce
1. Double-click on the installation file (BraveBrowserSetup.exe).
2. Click "Yes" on the User Account Control pop-up.
## Actual result:
A box pops up with blue status bar with message: "Egads! Download failed. Retrying... X second(s) remaining" (screencap attached). After the status box goes away, another box pops up with "The download failed." Neither box has an error number.
## Expected result:
That Brave downloads and installs.
## Reproduces how often:
Easily reproduced over the last two days.
## Desktop Brave version:
The latest version available for 64-bit as of yesterday on brave.com.
## Device details:
Asus PC running on Windows 8.1. Used Chrome browser to download executable install file.
## Other Additional Information:
To clarify, this is the first time I'm trying to download Brave. Please see two attached screencaps.
## Miscellaneous Information:
30.3GB free space on C: drive. No other apps running. No virus scanners scanning, no lords a leaping.