Sync not syncing settings and theme

Browser Support Sync
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Description of the issue:
Joined a new laptop’s brave browser to an existing sync chain and the settings and theme are not being synced when selecting Settings from the options of what to sync.

Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. 2. 3.

  • Select join existing sync chain
  • Paste/type Sync Chain Code
  • Select either sync everything or customize sync then Settings and Theme under the sync data option
  • Observe that settings and theme are not being synced.

Reproduces how often:
Cannot sync at all, so this repeats 100% of the time on the added machine, even after leaving and rejoining the sync chain.

Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu):
v1.67.119 on both machines

Type of devices currently running on the Sync chain in question:
The Sync chain main machine is Windows 11
The machine not receiving the sync settings and theme is Windows 10

Additional Information:
N/A

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I can confirm the same thing happens for me. Both machines are on Ubuntu, Brave version 1.67.134, fresh install.
Annoying, since settings sync is the entire reason I enabled sync. I have “sync everything” enabled, but the settings are not propagated to the new machine.

EDIT: To be fair, some settings are synced, but not all of them. It almost seems random. Normally I would expect the second machine to mirror the original settings 1:1, with the possible exception of system-specific stuff.

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Same for me.
brave synch is utter garbage !!

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Same problem on macOS, with v1.70.126.
At least with settings. No theme configure, but “appearance” settings are not synced.