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When i enter any URL, nothing happen, onlly blank screen
Then i can click on url bar and press enter - sites are laoded.

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Hi and welcome to the community. :slightly_smiling_face:

This is a known issue. Posting link to an active topic and the Brave GitHub issue report below.

Infinity load in random pages ( ⇦ Slow loading or No loading)

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@Pozer , @Anvil, @Chocoholic

Please test . . .

Example of ‘Page is not working’ - not loading, at first attempt . . .

Using for example, website: ‘https://www.tractorsupply.com’

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In a Brave Browser > New Window, go to:

  • brave://settings/content/siteDetails?site=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tractorsupply.com

(NOTE, there, ‘www.tractorsupply.com’ makes up the tail end of that address. And, that address, is where Brave Browser goes to, when you Right-Click on the padlock icon at the left end of the URL address field, for URL address: https://www.tractorsupply.com) (Got that? Good.)

and set the following:

  • JavaScript: Allow
  • Images: Allow
  • Sound: Automatic

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In a Brave Browser - New Window, go to: brave://settings/cookies

Scroll down that settings page, to Sites that can always use cookies

Click the Add button

Enter [*.]tractorsupply.com as the site . . . but Do Not Enable

  • Current Private session only
  • Including third-party cookies on this site

Click the Add button

Repeat those steps for the following entries IF you use YouTube:

  • https://[*.]firebaseapp.com:443
  • https://[*.]google.com:443
  • docs.google.com:443
  • www.google.com:443
  • www.youtube.com:443
  • youtube.com:443

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Next, go to: brave://settings/content/javascript

Scroll down that javascript settings page to Allowed to use javascript

Click the Add button

Enter [*.]tractorsupply.com as the site . . . but Do Not Enable

  • Current Private session only

Click the Add button

Repeat those steps for the following entries IF you use YouTube:

  • accounts.youtube.com:443
  • apps.google.com:443
  • docs.google.com:443
  • meet.google.com:443
  • play.google.com:443
  • workspace.google.com:443
  • www.google.com:443
  • www.youtube.com:443

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In a Brave Browser > New Window, go to: brave://settings/clearBrowserData

For tab Advanced - set:

  • Time range:All time
  • Enable: Browsing history
  • Enable: Download history
  • Enable: Cookies and other site data (Signs you out of most sites)
  • Enable: Cached images and files
  • Disable: Passwords and other sign-in data (When Enabled DELETES PASSWORDS)
  • Disable: Autofill form data
  • Disable: Site and Shields Settings (When Enabled DELETES Shields Settings and RESTORES default: Shields UP for site-specific Shields [Lion icon] panel)
  • Enable: Hosted app data

Click on the ‘Clear data’ button.

(The’Clear data’ button also saves the selections.)

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Restart Brave Browser

In a Brave Browser > New Private Window, go to: ‘https://www.tractorsupply.com’

Please report back here, with the result; thank you.

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@289wk That is a lot of work for just one site. lol I can’t imagine having to do that for every site visited where the problem occurs. So, I am probably not getting the intent… What is the purpose of the test?

I personally don’t add any sites to my “always can use” list except Brave related sites. Also, per other posts and the Brave GitHub issue report, this is a random but persistent occurrence. The problem is reproducible fairly consistently on a few sites but overall is fairly random.

Per the Brave GitHub issue report, dev has identified the problem and is working on a coding fix. According to the comments, it is in Nightly now. I think I would just wait for the fix to be released for the stable version, especially if refreshing the page works. :grin:

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Temporary fix (thanks to investigations by Brave developers plus others at GitHub), until updated stable release of Brave Browser comes along . . .

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Windows OS users:

At https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/23267 , a recent comment by ‘Gorxor’:

Added --enable-features=NavigationThreadingOptimizations to my desktop shortcut (Windows 10), and no more “sometimes page doesn’t load on first try” issues anymore for me as well. Also no crashes or other problems detected yet.

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Mac OS users:

You would start up Brave Browser using the Terminal.app command line.

At https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/23267 , a recent comment by ‘nintendodork07’:

in terminal put:

open -a "Brave Browser.app" -n --args --enable-features=NavigationThreadingOptimizations

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What I finally did, in order to make use of the proposed fix, switch:

  • --enable-features=NavigationThreadingOptimizations

In a Brave Browser > New Window, I sent the browser to: brave://version

I copied the entire Command Line string, to a text editor window, in which I could then edit the string.

brave_version_find_Command_Line_string

The leading part of the Command Line string:

  • /Applications/Brave Browser.app/Contents/MacOS/Brave Browser

I replaced with the following string:

  • open -a "Brave Browser.app" -n --args

then I added a single SPACE character, followed by all of the known switches (there are several) plus any flag switches.

IF there are flag switches, then they will begin with switch:

  • --flag-switches-begin

and end with switch:

  • --flag-switches-end

So, IF there are flag switches, then the proposed fix, switch:

  • --enable-features=NavigationThreadingOptimizations

I located BEFORE switch:

  • --flag-switches-begin

IF there are NO flag switches, then I located the proposed fix, switch at the tail end of all the switches.

And I made sure to also include the necessary single SPACE characters, because there needs to be a single SPACE character that separates all the switches.

I am using 2 flag switches.

So, the altered Command Line string that I use, became:

  • open -a "Brave Browser.app" -n --args --disable-client-side-phishing-detection [FOLLOWED BY MANY SWITCHES, AND THEN THE PROPOSED FIX, SWITCH:] --enable-features=NavigationThreadingOptimizations --flag-switches-begin [FLAG SWITCHES] --flag-switches-end

That is the Command Line string that I entered into the Mac’s Terminal.app window, in order to start up Brave Browser.

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