Problem updating Nightly, reinstall Nightly the following message says the following (This computer already has a newer version of Brave. If the software does not work, please uninstall Brave and try again)

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Just a heads up that after a few hours of debugging, we’ve figured out the issue and applied a fix server side. Users on Nightly should now be able to retrieve/update to 1.73.48 without any issues/error messages.

@Saoiray because you’re one of the affected users that ended up getting 1.73.x on the release channel, would you mind doing the following and reporting back on Monday if you’ve noticed any issues with your profile during the weekend? Would really appreciate the help/feedback.

Quick note: This could cause serious issues/blow up your profile so please make sure you backup/create a copy of your release profile.

  • uninstall the current Release version (DON’T REMOVE YOUR PROFILE)
  • re-install the Release version from Brave via brave.com
  • this should install 1.71.118 (latest build with C130) and re-launch
  • it should launch and use your release profile

Use it during the weekend and see if you run into any bad regression. For example, missing/screwed up bookmarks, cookies or history. Issues with Brave Wallet or Rewards. We basically need to know if users who ended up on 1.73.x can revert back to 1.71.118 without any issues. Or if we need to find/look for other solutions for those affected users. We think the % is small but we’ll know more on Monday.

We’ll have a better update for the community on Monday when we have a post-mortem and look into why this happened and put safe guards so it doesn’t happen again.