Gmail Smart Reply "hidden-on-load"

[chrisgraf]

Description of the issue:
I have Smart Replies activated in Gmail. On Chrome it successfully shows the smart reply UI buttons. When I load the same email in Brave it shows the smart reply UI buttons for a few milliseconds before they are being hidden.
If I remember correctly, this worked in a previous version of Brave.

Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. 2. 3.

1. Activate Smart Replies
2. Open an email that you received from someone in Chrome/Firefox/Safari or another browser alternative.
3. Check if the Smart Reply UI buttons are activated for this email (hint: not every email can be “smart replied”, so you might have to find an email that is valid for smart replies, or alternatively send yourself some simple email with a question inside from another email address to provoke the smart reply feature.

Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!):
Email opened in Brave:

Expected result:
Email opened in Chrome:

Reproduces how often:
Everytime

Operating System and Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu):
Brave Version: V1.39.111
macOS: 12.3.1

Additional Information:

[289wk]

@chrisgraf

Lots of info, follows; use what you think you need . . .

Tip: Signed In to Google’s One Google Account, means that you are Signed In for all:

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For access to G-mail via webmail (using Brave Browser) . . .

All of the following steps, assume that you normally wish to have / leave Brave Browser > Shields: UP

Including the Global Shields Settings:

In a Brave Browser - New Window, go to: brave://settings/shields

• Enable: Show the number of blocked items on the Shields icon

If ‘Default view’ option is available, select: Advanced view

• Disable: Auto-redirect AMP pages (AMP - Google’s Accelerated Mobile Page)
• (Alternate setting for older Brave Browser versions, try: Disable Enable De-AMP at brave://flags)
• Enable: Prevent sites from fingerprinting me based on my language preferences
• Trackers & ads blocking: Aggressive
• Enable: Upgrade connections to HTTPS
• Enable: Block scripts
• Block fingerprinting (aka Fingerprinting blocking): Strict, may break sites
• Block cookies (aka Cookie blocking): Only cross-site

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Recommended Brave Shields version is v1

In a Brave Browser - New Window, go to: brave://flags

Search for: Enable Brave Shields

• DISABLE: Enable Brave Shields v2
• ENABLE: Enable Brave Shields v1

Using site-specific Shields (v1) panels:

Brave Help Center not long ago, had site-specific Shields (v1) guidance and illustrations (that you see, immediately above), but now has site-specific Shields (v2):

‘https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360023646212-How-do-I-configure-global-and-site-specific-Shields-settings-’

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Recommended in order to reduce influence by websites:

In a Brave Browser - New Window, go to: brave://settings/content

Scroll down to “Additional permissions” . . . and set:

• Protocol handlers: Don't allow sites to handle protocols
• File editing: Don't allow sites to edit files or folders on your device
• Clipboard: Don't allow sites to see text or images on your clipboard
• Window placement: Don't allow sites use info about your screens to open and place windows

Scroll down to “Content” . . . and set:

• Pop-ups and redirects: Don't allow sites to send pop-ups or use redirects

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Recommended, go to: brave://settings/cookies

• Enable: Block third-party cookies
• Disable: Clear cookies and site data when you close all windows
• Do not use: Sites that clear cookies when you close them (better to clear those cookie sites/sources, manually: brave://settings/clearBrowserData)

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Recommended, go to: brave://settings/clearBrowserData

For tab Advanced - set:

• Time range:All time
• Enable: Browsing history
• Enable: Download history
• Enable: Cookies and other site data (Signs you out of most sites)
• Enable: Cached images and files
• Disable: Passwords and other sign-in data (When Enabled DELETES PASSWORDS)
• Disable: Autofill form data
• Disable: Site and Shields Settings
• Enable: Hosted app data

Click on the “Clear data” button.

(The “Clear data” button also saves the selections.)

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Return to: brave://settings/clearBrowserData

For tab On exit - set:

• Enable: Browsing history
• Enable: Download history
• Enable: Cookies and other site data (Signs you out of most sites)
• Enable: Cached images and files
• Disable: Passwords and other sign-in data (When Enabled DELETES PASSWORDS)
• Disable: Autofill form data
• Disable: Site and Shields Settings
• Enable: Hosted app data

Click on the “Save” button.

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Return to: brave://settings/clearBrowserData

For tab Basic - set:

• Time range:All time
• Enable: Browsing history
• Enable: Cookies and other site data (Signs you out of most sites)
• Enable: Cached images and files

Click on the “Clear data” button.

(The “Clear data” button also saves the selections.)

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In a Brave Browser > New Window, go to: brave://settings/cookies

Scroll down that settings page, to Sites that can always use cookies

Click the Add button

Enter accounts.google.com:443 as the site . . . but Do Not Enable

• Current Private session only
• Including third-party cookies on this site

Click the Add button

Repeat those steps for the following entries:

• [*.]firebaseapp.com:443
• [*.]google.com:443
• accounts.youtube.com:443
• docs.google.com:443
• gmail.com:443
• mail.google.com:443
• www.gmail.com:443
• www.google.com:443
• www.gstatic.com:443
• www.youtube.com:443
• youtube.com:443

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Next, go to brave://settings/content/javascript

Scroll down that javascript settings page to Allowed to use javascript

Click the Add button

Enter accounts.google.com:443 as the site . . . but do not Enable

• Current Private session only

Click the Add button

Repeat those steps for the following entries:

• accounts.youtube.com:443
• apps.google.com:443
• docs.google.com:443
• meet.google.com:443
• play.google.com:443
• workspace.google.com:443
• www.google.com:443
• www.gstatic.com:443
• www.youtube.com:443

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