Yesterday, for the first time, Brave wouldn’t connect to the internet. Firefox and Safari connect fine. I went through the forum here and found others who had had this problem, but their solution doesn’t work for me – I don’t have UBlock Origin.
I updated my Ventura OS and nothing changed, but later Brave connected, so I thought maybe this was the fix. But a couple of hours later it went out again, and today it’s the same – it will not connect. Attached is a screenshot of the error message I get.
Thanks so much for any help or direction.
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Try . . .
A simple online test webpage to reach:
https://test.nextdns.io/
Test - compare results:
Brave Browser New Window
Brave Browser New Private Window
Test - new, additional Brave Browser Profile
For that test, be sure that only windows of the new Brave Browser Profile, are used. In other words, do not have windows open from 2 or more Brave Browser Profiles.
Extensions testing
Disable extensions; then test for issue
Enable extensions, one at a time, in order to individually test for issue
Enable combinations of extensions, in order to see which combinations of extensions will work without encountering the issue
See if Brave Browser can more reliably connect to the Internet, by trying:
MacOS command line (Terminal.app window); enter:
open -a "Brave Browser.app" -n --args --disable-gpu --disable-extensions --enable-leak-detection --crash-on-failure --incognito
If running well, please take the time to back up your bookmarks and passwords.
Clear cookies, cache, history, etc.
In a Brave Browser New Window, go to:
brave://settings/clearBrowserData
Select the Advanced tab
Set Time range to “All time”
ENABLE everything except:
Passwords and other sign-in data
(Myself, I would NOT make that exception)
(because I would have a backup prepared.)
(In other words, be prepared.)
Click on the “Clear data” button
Also, you may need to . . .
In a Brave Browser New Window, go to:
brave://net-internals/#dns
Click on Clear host cache
Next, same window, select “Sockets” on the left.
Click Close idle sockets
Click Flush socket pools
Quit everything and Restart your computer.
Tips regarding Brave Shields:
I have more success, with:
Brave Shields UP
Either Allow All Cookies or Block 3rd Party Cookies, but NOT Blocking All Cookies
Allowing JavaScripts from specific sources, but NOT Allowing All JavaScripts
Trackers & Ads treatment: Aggressive (at first), and then incrementally relaxing that setting
Fingerprinting (aka footprinting) blocking: Strict (at first), and then incrementally relaxing that setting
I almost NEVER use:
All of Brave Shields UP
All of Brave Shields DOWN
Study:
Shields Basics
How do I configure global and site-specific Shields settings?
On the first occasion of using Developer Tools, the Developer Tools “window” is usually a part of (contained within) its associated Brave Browser window . . . but you can make the Developer Tools window, a standalone window (though keeping its association with the Brave Browser window). I recommend that you do so:
In the upper right-hand corner of the Developer Tools window, there is an “Organizer” 3-vertical-dots button - click on that. The result should be a pop-up:
Notice the tiny blue icon that is first (left to right) among 4. Click on that icon. The Developer Tools window will become a standalone window.
By monitoring the Developer Tools window > Network tab, you can observe the “behind the scenes” networking activity between the Internet browser and the website.
Possibly:
In a Brave Browser New Window, go to:
brave://settings/shields
Disabled or set to “Standard” should allow HTTP . . . that might work.
Also:
Brave Browser has a Task Manager. You might monitor both it and the MacOS Activity Monitor, at the same time.
