Mobile tabs wont sync to desktop

Browser Support Sync
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Description of the issue:
Cannot get browser to sync open tabs from mobile device to desktop.

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

  1. Open Brave Browser on your device
  2. Click on the menu icon (three horizontal lines or dots) in the upper right corner.
  3. Select “Settings” from the dropdown menu.
  4. In the Settings menu, find and click on “Sync”
  5. Choose “Start a new sync chain”.
  6. Select type of device you want to sync
  7. Scan a QR code or enter a sync code from another device.
  8. Once connected, select the data types you want to sync ### In my case it is only open tabs###
  9. Click “Done” to complete the setup.
  10. Go to mobile device open a tab
  11. Go to a specific website
  12. Go to desktop device
  13. Open brave browser on desktop device
  14. Click on the menu icon (three horizontal lines or dots) in the upper right corner.
  15. Go to history
  16. Look for your devices
  17. See your devices and hopefully see your open tabs. ### In my case I can see the device there the open tabs are not listed that are open on the mobile device ###

Reproduces how often:
Every single time I have tried to sync the browsers.

Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu):
Version 1.74.51 Chromium: 132.0.6834.160 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Type of devices currently running on the Sync chain in question:
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra to Desktop PC running Windows 11
Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra to Ubuntu 24.04

Additional Information:
YES, sync open tabs is checked off in the sync settings. I have checked it off on both devices. Also, I only care/want to be able to view the tabs that are open on my mobile device when I am on one of my desktop devices. There is no problem using the feature the other way (being on the mobile device and seeing the open tabs from the desktop device) has worked fine and have had no issues but I wish it wasnt working this way and working the other.

I have only tried to sync 2 devices at a time and never more than two at once. I tried to sync mobile to windows desktop first and it did not work. I tried it a few times to see if I was doing something wrong, tried searching for some help then I went and tried with different devices to see if it would work. It did not. Also, when I tried searching for help regarding the issue I was only able to find older posts of people complaining about the sync feature and people even asking for a sync feature. There seemed to be a lot of talk about the sync feature but it seemed like all I was able to find was old information and people saying that it wasnt working and had issues. Hence, here I am.

IT IS WORKING NOW

I thought I would come back and say that. Apparently, it just took a really long time for it to actually sync on the one side for one reason or another. So if someone is having this problem, I guess WAIT LONGER (that is if you have everything else all set correctly)

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