Files not downloading in certain situations

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Description of the issue: Files not downloading through browser hrefs/non-new windows redirects.

Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. 2. 3. Not sure if this is a site specific bug or not: File download on minecraft.fandom.com - the redirect element which links to an http site (non-https) which is a an archived server file from files.betacraft.uk. Again, I am unsure if this will do the same thing on other pages, but any redirect that is non-https is doing it for me.

Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!): New tab opens, then closes with no save location prompt.

Expected result: New tab opens, location prompt show up and the file downloads.

Reproduces how often: Every time

Operating System and Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu): Windows 10 - 19044.1348, also occurs on Manjaro, Endeavour OS, Fedora, pretty much all Linux distros I have tested on. Brave Version 1.33.106.

Additional Information: I think it has to do with the site being http, to protect from downloading from an untrusted source. I cannot find any info on adding sites to whitelists or how to fix this. It is not a huge issue, but it annoying to deal with when downloading large amounts of files by hand. - Thanks in advance

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@ImCarsen,
Thank you for reaching out.
Can you please provide a direct link to a download from this site that you can confirm encounters this error, so I can test on my end? Thank you.

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Yes - http://files.betacraft.uk/server-archive/beta/b1.6.jar
Only thing is it only occurs when it is clicked on in an href, it works normally if you just open it in a tab. (just clicking it here won’t work for me)

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@ImCarsen,
Got it. I’m actually seeing the same behavior – clicking on the link you just shared doesn’t appear to actually do anything. Reaching out to some of our web compat. guys for more information.

Appreciate your patience.

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Thanks. One thing I noticed is changing the http to https actually makes it work, so it is not downloading due to it being http. https://files.betacraft.uk/server-archive/beta/b1.6.jar

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https://files.betacraft.uk/server-archive/beta/b1.6.jar (or http://files.betacraft.uk/server-archive/beta/b1.6.jar) Opens download file window for me, is this not what you’re seeing?

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Only the https one works for me. The http one just does nothing.

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From testing with @Mattches it seems to a Chromium issue when linking directly to non-http

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Yep, so my initial theory was correct. I didn’t even think to check the console, glad you caught that.

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Opening the http link (via copy/paste into a new tab) seems to work for me, but opening within another https page would break

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