Logged out of all sites after Windows update and reboot

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Hi,

For quite a while now, I’m logged out of all sites after Windows update and reboot. If I simply close and reopen Brave without update and reboot, I am not logged out of all sites. I’m not deleting or clearing anything upon exit. I just created a new profile too, and the same thing happens with the new profile.

  1. Close Brave
  2. Update Windows
  3. Reboot
  4. Open Brave

V 1.73.91

Thanks,

Jeff

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That a Windows OS Update would affect security credentials > and thus, whatever is the temporal storage of “saved logins”, might be expected.

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Why am I not logged out of sites with Chrome or Firefox then? Is there a setting in Brave to prevent the logouts and allow it to function like other browsers?

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Why am I not logged out of sites with Chrome or Firefox then? Is there a setting in Brave to prevent the logouts and allow it to function like other browsers?

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Given the three Internet browsers that you are using:

  • Brave Browser
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Google Chrome

you might run tests in order get an understanding of what websites see, that set each of the Internet browsers apart from each other.

What a website “sees” - revealed by your Internet browser

Diagnostic - Qualys SSL Labs - Test your browser

https://www.ssllabs.com/

For that website: Site Specific Brave Browser Shields settings:

  • Trackers & Ads Blocking: Standard
  • Block Scripts: Disabled
    Global Brave Browser Shields setting:
  • Block Fingerprinting: Enabled

How’s My SSL?

https://www.howsmyssl.com/

For that website: Site Specific Brave Browser Shields settings:

  • Block Scripts: Disabled

IP/DNS Detect

https://ipleak.net/

For that website: Site Specific Brave Browser Shields settings:

  • Block Scripts: Disabled

WebRTC Leak Test - BrowserLeaks.com

https://browserleaks.com/

For that website: Site Specific Brave Browser Shields settings:

  • Block Scripts: Disabled4.

Some notes about retaining Logged In status

A. Visiting a website and setting the Brave Browser Site Specific Shields DOWN, is not a guarantee. For some users, they are successful at retaining the signed-in status, while having Brave Browser Site Specific Shields UP . . . and in the Brave Browser Global Settings:

  • Block all Cookies: Disabled

Also, in the Clear Private Data settings:

  • Cookies and Site Data: Disabled
  • Saved Logins: Disabled

B. I often suggest to Brave Browser users who have access / sign-in troubles with some website of interest:

In a Brave Browser New Window, go to:

brave://settings/content/javascript

Scroll down that javascript settings page to Allowed to use javascript

Click the Add button

Enter [*.]website_of_interest.com as the site . . . but do not Enable the following:

  • Current Private session only

Click the Add button

That is a Brave Browser Global approval for a source (“website_of_interest.com”) of javascripts - often necessary for associated cookie activity between website and Internet browser.

C. NEVER use:

  • Dark mode (appearance)
  • Night mode (appearance)
  • Private Browsing Only mode (aka incognito / Private Windows)

Because all three are very similar in appearance on some computing devices, and that may cause a Brave Browser user to mis-step.

D. There is some confusion in a Brave Browser Setting, “Continue where you left off” under the On startup section at:

  • brave://settings/getStarted

I would not have that enabled; and I have never tested it, to confirm which way it ought to be set.