Major bug with bookmarks duplicating and scrambling in bookmarks manager

Edit: This is posted on chromium as a bug as well Make sure to upvote the bug there too by logging in and clicking the +1 icon top right so they know others are having this issue
(thanks to @289wk for pointing it out)

I have found a bug I can duplicate in v1.71.114 with bookmarks on windows that just started happening.
I use my PC all day everyday and this only just started.

I have bookmarks that I use on the dropdown and bookmarks manager which I use the most (brave://bookmarks)

Since the latest updates, bookmarks in manager only, are duplicating as you scroll and if you click onto the duplicate items, they change to something else!
Then when you scroll back up, they have all changed order too!

The duplicates change and move around.
You can’t delete them as they aren’t really duplicates, it is just showing like that.
If you click onto them, they change to what they really should be.

If I look on my phone or tablet which are synced, they are all normal. This is just a Windows OS bug.

I took a video and put it on wetransfer (link expires in 7 days) as not sure where is best.
Video shows my bookmarks sidebar showing what they should look like, then bookmarks manager where it just changes things around like crazy.
You see me click onto the duplicates and you see them change in front of your eyes.

Some others have posted similar issues so this isn’t just me.

Similar issues:
https://community.brave.com/t/restore-bookmarks/576125
https://community.brave.com/t/bookmarks-scrambled-after-update/575914
https://community.brave.com/t/my-bookmarks-are-bugged/576115
https://community.brave.com/t/bookmarks-completely-scrambled/576185
https://community.brave.com/t/bookmarks-manager-issues/576184

Hope this can be fixed soon as it is really annoying and I am not sure what I can and can’t delete seeing as it shows things as duplicates and then they vanish.

(edited to add more links to peoples posts showing the same bug)

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Look up your Chromium version.

Don’t really need to look it up as v1.71.114 is chromium 130.0.6723.58 as per release notes

We use brave so we report to brave, not chrome.

But either way, we need Brave to push a fixed version.
Tons of us have this issue and I have edited my post to add more links to others with same issue.

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https://issues.chromium.org/

October 17, 2024

Bookmarks unusable since last update, blending together, changing when clicking on them, etc

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Thanks, have edited post to add that info, and have upvoted it there.

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Thanks a bunch @ukheather! I’ve raised an issue with the team.

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Thank you for the post.
I have the problem when I use History and select one entry, the name changes.
Also in the Bookmarks manager.
I thought I had a virus at first.
Good to know that is a known issue and will be probably fixed soon.

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awesome thank you for that

@steeven
This happened to me too, my bookmarks folders got mixed up and duplicated.
in brave beta
w10

@ukheather this should now be fixed on the latest release. Can you confirm that the issue no longer persists for you? Thank you!

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yep seems fixed with latest version! :smiley:

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