Your connection was interrupted
A network change was detected.
ERR_NETWORK_CHANGED
Since the last update from Brave, I have received the above messages on sites I have had used consistently. I now receive the message more and more and can’t get logged into sites that I have used thousands of time.
Open up existing links
Your connection was interrupted
A network change was detected.
ERR_NETWORK_CHANGED
Being able to sign into sites that required user id and password.
throughout the day all day.
Windows 10. Latest Brave version that was downloaded last week. today’s date 05/06/2025
Can you please some example websites that you’re trying to use that you see this issue on so I can test on my end?
I also receive this back from the same website once ID.me tries to send me back.
Bad Request
I have not had this problem with this site until the new update for Brave.
when I try to go to amazon.com I get the following error message:
This site can’t be reached
amazon.com’s DNS address could not be found. Diagnosing the problem.
DNS_PROBE_POSSIBLE.
I luckily have another window open to amazon and can move around on the site in that window without problems. However I can’t open another window and get to amazon.com from there.
I tried to put other addresses in the reply but your system states new users can only attach 4 links.
Can you please try launching a Guest profile window (Menu --> More tools --> Guest profile), close your original profile window so only the Guest window is open, and test to see if you get the same results browsing those sites?
I have the exact same problems.
And you’re not connected to a VPN of any kind? Additionally, you haven’t changed any DNS settings in brave://settings/security?
BTW, I have Brave on my phone. It is all I use. I can get amazon.com to pop right up on my phone but the desktop version won’t connect.
If you’re not using a VPN and have not changed any of your DNS settings as I asked/suggested above, you can try:
Checking any antivirus/firewall programs on your system to see if it is blocking Brave from visiting these sites – one Brave user a couple of years back had success with this: DNS_PROBE_POSSIBLE - Can't access any sites - #9 by Jasmine_Peoney
Flushing/refreshing your DNS cache – to do this in Windows:
- Press
Windows key + R, type cmd, and press Enter to launch the command line
- Type
ipconfig /flushdns and press Enter.
I do run a VPN which is the same VPN that is running on my phone and is the same VPN I have had since before using brave. I haven’t changed anything on my system or phone. I’m telling you I have had problems since the last brave update. My VPN hasn’t updated since that time. Stop trying to blame other things. My setup has been the same.
LeRoy
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If you read my last message. I do run a VPN. I haven’t changed any settings on anything. As I stated I haven’t changed anything on my system except download braves latest updates. Then the problems started. I don’t run any anti-virus programs. You keep wanting me to change things on my system. It is not my system. It was your last update that caused the problems. As I have started. Now you are wanting me to do all these changes to test why your update isn’t working. I charge 200.00 an hour for testing your changes that messed up my system. Where do I send the bill?
One last time, my system has not changed, the latest update that brave your company pushed out caused the problems across multiple sites. I run the same setup on my phone but didn’t do the update to brave. My phone does not have the same issues. So it points directly to your last update that was pushed out. It does not take rocket science to figure that out. How do I get rid of the last update pushed by brave?
LeRoy
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What we are doing is basic troubleshooting.
If the update broke something, then its important that we figure out what actually broke so that we can fix it.
One common cause for the specific error you’re seeing is a VPN connection. This is because your device’s DNS request are routed through the VPN tunnel and resolved by the VPN service’s DNS servers. If there is an issue with the routing process here for any reason, it could lead to the error you’re seeing.
The good news is that this is extremely easy to test. Simply close Brave, disable the VPN, then relaunch the browser and test to see if the sites load normally. If they do, you can then re-enable the VPN service and see if they continue to load normally or if the error reappears. If it does, it points to there being some conflict between the browser and the VPN you’re using at this time or there being some “bad data” stuck somewhere, mucking up the routing process.
I know what basic troubleshooting is. I have been in the IT industry for over 24 years. I also know what isn’t troubleshooting and what is “Testing” !!! Funny how Brave is pushing to buy their VPN service yet you are saying that the VPN service I have isn’t working properly with BRAVE. As I have stated. I haven’t had an update to my VPN for 6 months now. Everything was working fine until your last update to Brave. It is your update that is causing the problem. Also if you would actually read information I send you it would really help. I have Brave on my cell phone and also have the exact same VPN on my cell phone. There was no update to Brave on my cell phone and guess what, I don’t have any issues getting to sites on my phone that I have on my laptop at home. I have not changed any configurations on my laptop to include any changes to my VPN. It all started with the latest update to Brave.
What you are asking me to do is what is called “testing” in the industry. I should know, I’m a coder and tester for the company I work for. I know the difference between trouble shooting and testing. I have had problems ever since your last update was made to Brave. That is a fact. Your asking me to Test now so you can have someone else do your job to figure out what was wrong with the update.
How the world has changed. I’m using your product and you send an update out that breaks the product. Yet you want me to figure out for you what is wrong with the update. What is the reason why I should continue to use Brave if you are going to push updates out that break sites and then expect customers to jump through hoops for you to figure out what is wrong? Had I made a change to anything else on my end I can understand that could cause an issue and it would be on me to figure out. However, I have stated multiple times and will state again. I have not changed anything on my end except download YOUR latest update to your product. I now have links that do not work and get various different errors. YOUR web browser is now keeping me from accessing any VA site that only 3 weeks ago I could access. yet it is something I have done.
just to prove my point. I had shields down and my VPN off and guess what Brave still does not work. I opened up DuckDuckGo web browser with my VPN on. it connected to the VA website first time. So once again, it is nothing I have done or change except updated to the latest version of Brave. Is that enough testing to prove that it is your update that broke everything!!! Fix your web browser. A customer whom you want to use your product shouldn’t have to go through all these steps to prove to you that it is your browser that is not working correctly. This is a joke. If you prefer I not use your product and give feedback to everyone I can reach on every platform please do nothing and I’ll find another product that will work and you can see what someone with time on their hands can do with providing honest feedback on how Piss Poor Brave does with their product line.
Why the hate? He’s only trying to help here.
The error is a generic error. If you google the error message you won’t just get Brave issues here. Not every message seen in the browser is the browsers fault.
https://www.google.com/search?q=ERR_NETWORK_CHANGED
From the Google AI responses, only one is related to the browser cache, the rest is outside the scope of the Browser , and the Browser is just spitting out the error message.
If not yet tested, try in Brave private window mode, or test in Brave Beta or Nightly, which use its own separate profile (in a weird case its a profile issue?).
Hey there. I don’t know if it’s connected, and I didn’t have the presence of mind to take a screenshot of the error while I was initially gettin it, but APnews dot com isn’t working at all. I went and deleted cookies, nope, now it’s blank space and nothing loads. I hit shred site data. Nope. I rebooted app and then phone. Nothing. Works on my work pc.
And as usual, as soon as I said something it’s working again!
My apologies to all. I also do as much trouble shooting as I can before going to any board of any kind. When others don’t read through all responses, I start to get irritated. When something works in one configuration but not in another and the only difference between the two is an update to said browser, then it is time to call a spade a spade. To blame other applications for something is a cop out in my opinion. As I had stated, I run a VPN on all my devices and use Brave exclusively. When it works on one of my devices but not another and the only difference is an update, it is pretty cut and dried as to what is causing the issue. I run into the same situation with the VA as well saying it isn’t them when I know it is. I am careful about what I update and when. When a site stops working with my configuration and I talk to someone from that company and they tell me I need to use another browser because of an upgrade they did, I tell them I won’t. I will not jump through hoops for any company that can’t make their applications continue to work after an upgrade. I get all the time try this or that. That is when I tell them I get paid for testing at my current job and if they want me to test their application I want to know where to send the bill because my time is very valuable to me.
It usually comes down to whomever made the change didn’t do enough unit testing and was pushed to get the update out and now production is a mess. Quantity or Quality. Quality should always win out but alas it doesn’t. Again my apologies to all involved.
Yeah that was unnecessary.
Never “blamed” another application, just trying to figure out what’s going on. Never said it wasn’t the update, just trying to figure out what’s going on.
Everything I suggested to you was relevant and would have taken seconds to try. You probably spent more time replying and berating than you would have if you had just tried what I suggested.
I will let you continue “testing” with @fanboynz.