Description of the issue:
Using my my Macbook Pro on battery until 0% caused a force restart and a problem in my login Keychain which was fixed by creating a new login Keychain. After this Brave Sync stopped working. I made sure there is no disc failures in my Mac and all other apps are working just fine.
I launched Brave from command line /Applications/Brave\ Browser.app/Contents/MacOS/Brave\ Browser and was able to see these errors printed in the screen:
[1946:775:1026/161141.592905:ERROR:brave_sync_prefs.cc(124)] Encrypt sync seed failure
[1946:775:1026/161141.594056:ERROR:CONSOLE(1079)] "Error setting sync code", source: chrome://settings/settings.js (1079)
[1946:775:1026/161814.566990:ERROR:CONSOLE(0)] "Unchecked runtime.lastError: Cannot access contents of url "chrome://settings/help". Extension manifest must request permission to access this host.", source: chrome-extension://mnojpmjdmbbfmejpflffifhffcmidifd/_generated_background_page.html (0)
So I deleted the app rm -rf /Applications/Brave\ Browser.app and all data I could find rm -rf ~/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware. After reinstalling Brave at latest version the problem persists. Everytime I go to Settings the console prints:
[2962:775:1026/163311.483602:ERROR:CONSOLE(0)] "Unchecked runtime.lastError: Cannot access contents of url "chrome://settings/". Extension manifest must request permission to access this host.", source: chrome-extension://mnojpmjdmbbfmejpflffifhffcmidifd/_generated_background_page.html (0)
Everytime I go to Settings > Sync > Start Using Sync > Start a new Sync Chain > OK the console prints:
[2962:775:1026/163458.448607:ERROR:brave_sync_prefs.cc(124)] Encrypt sync seed failure
[2962:775:1026/163458.449535:ERROR:CONSOLE(1079)] "Error setting sync code", source: chrome://settings/settings.js (1079)
The file permissions at ~/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser look like this:
drwxr-xr-x 33 diego staff 1.1K Oct 26 16:35 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root staff 102B Oct 26 15:53 ..
-rw-------@ 1 diego staff 4.0M Oct 26 16:34 BrowserMetrics-spare.pma
drwx------@ 3 diego staff 102B Oct 26 16:33 CertificateRevocation
drwx------@ 6 diego staff 204B Oct 26 15:54 Crashpad
-rw------- 1 diego staff 1.0M Oct 26 16:33 CrashpadMetrics-active.pma
drwx------@ 2 diego staff 68B Oct 26 15:54 Crowd Deny
drwx------@ 71 diego staff 2.4K Oct 26 16:35 Default
drwx------@ 2 diego staff 68B Oct 26 15:54 FileTypePolicies
-rw-r--r--@ 1 diego staff 0B Oct 26 15:54 First Run
drwx------@ 2 diego staff 68B Oct 26 15:54 Floc
drwx------@ 3 diego staff 102B Oct 26 15:54 GrShaderCache
-rw-r--r--@ 1 diego staff 10B Oct 26 16:33 Last Version
-rw-------@ 1 diego staff 14K Oct 26 16:35 Local State
drwx------@ 2 diego staff 68B Oct 26 15:54 MEIPreload
drwx------@ 2 diego staff 68B Oct 26 15:54 OriginTrials
drwx------@ 2 diego staff 68B Oct 26 15:54 SSLErrorAssistant
drwx------@ 9 diego staff 306B Oct 26 16:00 Safe Browsing
-rw-------@ 1 diego staff 20K Oct 26 15:54 Safe Browsing Cookies
-rw-------@ 1 diego staff 0B Oct 26 15:54 Safe Browsing Cookies-journal
drwx------@ 2 diego staff 68B Oct 26 15:54 SafetyTips
drwx------@ 3 diego staff 102B Oct 26 15:54 ShaderCache
drwx------@ 3 diego staff 102B Oct 26 15:54 Subresource Filter
drwx------@ 2 diego staff 68B Oct 26 15:54 TLSDeprecationConfig
drwx------@ 2 diego staff 68B Oct 26 15:55 Webstore Downloads
drwx------@ 2 diego staff 68B Oct 26 15:54 ZxcvbnData
drwx------@ 3 diego staff 102B Oct 26 16:33 afalakplffnnnlkncjhbmahjfjhmlkal
drwx------@ 3 diego staff 102B Oct 26 15:54 cffkpbalmllkdoenhmdmpbkajipdjfam
-rw-r--r--@ 1 diego staff 4B Oct 26 16:35 chrome_shutdown_ms.txt
drwx------@ 3 diego staff 102B Oct 26 15:54 gccbbckogglekeggclmmekihdgdpdgoe
drwx------@ 3 diego staff 102B Oct 26 15:54 heplpbhjcbmiibdlchlanmdenffpiibo
drwx------@ 3 diego staff 102B Oct 26 15:54 jicbkmdloagakknpihibphagfckhjdih
drwx------@ 3 diego staff 102B Oct 26 15:54 oofiananboodjbbmdelgdommihjbkfag
Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. 2. 3.
This is happening always now in my Mac, so not sure how to reproduce it in a clean environment. A possibility is setup Brave Sync and afterwards delete macOS login Keychain and create a new one.
Reproduces how often:
Always.
Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu):
1.15.76
Type of devices currently running on the Sync chain in question:
macOS Sierra v10.12.6
Additional Information: