Spell check dictionary download failed

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Description of the issue:
The setting for downloading the dictionary file indicates that the file cannot be downloaded and suggests that my firewall might be blocking Brave’s servers. I can’t find the addresses of Brave’s servers so I cannot determine if my firewall is blocking them.
How can this issue be reproduced?

1.I get the same result each time I click on the “Retry” button.

2.I have uninstalled and reinstalled Brave with same results.
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Expected result:

Brave Version( check About Brave):
1.10.95

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Hi @WildBillLyle, Welcome to Community!
What languages are you trying to add/download?

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English. This is not an additional language. I just installed Brave and encountered the issue immediately.

Doug Lyle

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I have the same problem. Just added Brave to new computer. Turned off firewalls. No luck. Is it a bug?

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I assume so. Based on other user complaints, it’s been around for well over a year. Seems like it should have been fixed by now.

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FWIW, I’m experiecing it too and I don’t see my FW blocking anything.

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I noticed on another thread where they talk about changes in a host file but I’m not sure what a HOST file is. And of course, the commenting is closed on that thread…

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This is annoying. Makes me wanna go back to using Chrome. Any way to complain directly to Brave developers?

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@WildBillLyle,
Are you using a VPN or any anti-virus software?

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I use McAfee antivirus software.

Doug Lyle

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@WildBillLyle
Can you try disabling McAfee and re-adding the language/dictionary?

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is no work, i disable vpn and again get it. no can download dictionaries.

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Same issue. Disabled windows defender and uninstalled antivirus, reset / deleted and replaced host file with stock (no entries), same problem. Can’t figure it out.

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maybe break link in config :thinking:

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It didn’t help. Download still fails.

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New installation, Windows 10.

I also have this problem, exactly as described here. It persists even when turning firewall etc. off.

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I have an update for everyone here - the team is aware and is working to resolve the issue.

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It looks fixed now. Spell check is working.

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So I did an experiment. I uninstalled Brave, and I uninstalled Chrome. (I had installed Brave then, trying to fix the Brave dictionary issue, I had installed Chrome with no success.) After uninstalling both, I rebooted, then downloaded and installed chrome, then downloaded and installed Brave in that order. Spellcheck and Dictionary in Brave now work. Seems Brave must use the dictionary from Chrome.

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So I did the control experiment. I did nothing, and did more nothing. (I had previously done nothing, trying to wait for Brave developers to be geniuses, I had waited with partial success.) After doing nothing, I went to sleep a few times, then did more nothing, nothing… and more or less in that order. Spellcheck and Dictionary in Brave now work. I don’t know anything else.

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