We’ve opened an issue in Github:
opened 12:05AM - 12 Mar 19 UTC
closed 12:08AM - 24 Apr 20 UTC
bug
feature/importer
OS/Windows
QA Pass-Win64
priority/P3
QA/Yes
release-notes/include
regression
OS/Desktop
## Test plan
See https://github.com/brave/brave-core/pull/5300
## Descriptio… n
Several users have reported the `Import bookmarks and settings` feature does not import all (or sometimes any) browsing data from other browsers, including Brave Muon.
This issue is unfortunately vague because it seems to do the trick for some users, some get their bookmarks but nothing else, others get passwords and browsing data but no bookmarks, etc. Reports come from all OS and all channels and from all available browsers.
Importing browsing data should be seamless in order to lower the barrier-to-entry for new/would-be Brave users.
## Steps to Reproduce
1. Close all other chrome/chromium process running, launch Brave
2. `Menu --> Bookmarks --> Import bookmarks and settings`
3. Choose from available browsers on machine and attempt to import browsing data
4.* Note that again, there don't seem to be many "clear" steps to reproduce this exactly given the nature of the issue - selecting different data to import, or importing one set of data at a time (one check box) is encouraged.
## Actual result:
Some or all data may not be imported
## Expected result:
Any browsing data selected should be imported after completing the process.
## Reproduces how often:
Intermittent issue
## Brave version (brave://version info)
All channels:
- `v0.60.48` Rel
- `v0.61.43` Beta
- `v0.62.16` Dev
### Additional Information
User reports - I have more to ad as well:
https://community.brave.com/t/new-chrome-brave-will-not-import-cookies-passwords-used-built-in-bookmarks-more-from-old-brave/47492/7
https://community.brave.com/t/updates-not-picking-up-old-settings-from-0-25-2/47520/4
https://community.brave.com/t/importing-chrome-content-not-quite-right-passwords-missing/47066/7
https://community.brave.com/t/importing-data-from-chome/46743/2
https://community.brave.com/t/failing-to-import-history-bookmarks-passwords-from-chrome-chromium/46173
If users – even if you’ve already reported this issue before – could reply here with some details about what did (or did not) get imported when they tried using the importer:
Description
Many users have noted that the built in importer used to import browsing data from other browsers doesn’t always function as intended.
This issue is seemingly not dependent on platform, browser being imported from, or browsing data being imported. I’ve created this topic to capture user reports in order to help reveal any common links between them so that we can solve the underlying issue.
What we would like to know
Given that this issue doesn’t seem to have any (obvious) common …