The search bar does not send directly to the site

Mattches · October 29, 2024, 9:27pm

I’ve opened this issue for the developers to review and will add new information as it comes in:

Trying to visit a site that has an entry in bookmarks searches the site instead of navigating to the site

opened 09:27PM - 29 Oct 24 UTC

bug feature/bookmarks feature/search OS/iOS

### Description Some users are reporting that on iOS, when there is a site pres…ent in their bookmarks, if they type that site into the address bar and try to visit it, the browser will instead run a search query for that site and display the results, rather than navigating to the site directly. ### Steps to reproduce 1. In the search bar, search for a site present in your bookmarks or history 2. Press enter 3. The site will be searched in your default search engine and you will not be sent directly to the site ### Actual result Browser displays search results for the URL entered ### Expected result Browser should navigate to the site itself ### Reproduces how often Easily reproduced ### Brave version 1.69.2 ### Device/iOS version iPhone Pro Max ### Affected browser versions - [ ] latest AppStore - [ ] latest TestFlight - [ ] previous TestFlight ### Reproducibility - [ ] with Brave Shields disabled - [ ] in the latest version of mobile Safari ### Miscellaneous information User reports: https://community.brave.com/t/the-search-bar-does-not-send-directly-to-the-site/577264

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The search bar does not send directly to the site

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