Shields defaulting to off

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@N6GQ

Disable and remove BitWarden.

In a Brave Browser > New Window, go to: brave://prefs-internals

Search for all occurences of bitwarden - any? Copy, and then paste them back here.

In Mac OS > System Preferences, see ‘if by some miracle’, BitWarden is set to launch at the Mac’s system startup.

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There is a process on your Mac, that is doing one of:

  • clearing your Shields UP setting
  • corrupting some Shields setting
  • tilting a file access permission

Or a faulty Brave Component update is causing a bit of a reset.

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Brave Browser > New Window, go to: brave://flags . . . and search, there, for: Enable Brave Shields

  • DISABLE: Enable Brave Shields v2
  • ENABLE: Enable Brave Shields v1

Toggle both of those, when you encounter your issue.

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Go to: brave://settings/clearBrowserData

For tab Advanced - set:

  • Time range:All time
  • Enable: Hosted app data

Click on the ‘Clear data’ button.

Return to: brave://settings/clearBrowserData

For tab On exit - set:

  • Enable: Hosted app data

Click on the ‘Save’ button.

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Had the same problems again. Each time I lose all my shield preferences (which sites have shields up/down). Any other suggestions? @Mattches @289wk

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@N6GQ,
This is with BitWarden disabled?

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No, uninstalled BW and reinstalled, using Brave without Bitwarden isn’t an option. Are there known issues with Bitwarden and shields?

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@N6GQ,
Not that I know of, but it’s worth testing without to check and see if BitWarden is indeed causing the issue.

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@N6GQ

There may be something in common, between this issue:

Shields defaulting to DOWN aka Shields defaulting to OFF

. . . and issue (generic title):

Cannot remove cookies from the list of Sites that can always use cookies (clicking on the Trash can has no effect)

. . .

IF you have set the site-specific Shields (Lion) icon setting to Shields DOWN

AND THEN IF

At least one of:

  • You (probably using New Windows instead of New Private Windows)
  • An Extension (somehow)
  • A website (somehow)

does one of the following, or a combination of the following:

At brave://settings/cookies

a) Flips the toggle switch(es) for:

  • Allow all cookies
  • Block third-party cookies
  • Block all cookies . . .
  • Clear cookies and site data when you close all windows

b) Adds a cookie source to, or removes a cookie source from, one of the lists:

  • Sites that can always use cookies
  • Sites that clear cookies when you close them
  • Sites that can never use cookies

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THEREAFTER a default to Shields DOWN may remain in effect, or a change of one of the Cookies settings, will cause a default to Shields DOWN . . . for all, or almost all, visited websites.

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I suggest the above, because, at:

GigHub issue: Cannot delete sites from ‘Sites that can always use cookies’ #12375

  • https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/12375

‘istiak101’ commented:

‘What I found is, disabling any site’s Shield will add that domain to the list.’

And because, @CerealLover suggested toggle switch testing, while visiting a website:

a) In one window or tab:

  • toggle the switch for site-specific Shields UP / Shields DOWN

b) In another window or tab that is open to brave://settings/cookies, monitor the lists:

  • Sites that can always use cookies
  • Sites that clear cookies when you close them
  • Sites that can never use cookies

to see if a cookie source is added / removed.

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