User data continually grows and cannot be cleared

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Description of the issue:

User data file continually grows in size with use, and cannot be cleared. What is Brave storing in this file? It seems to be related to browser history, which means it’s not really private.

How can this issue be reproduced?

  1. Check size of user data file after clearing history
  2. Use Brave for a period of time
  3. Check size of user data file after clearing history
  4. User file will have grown in size by several MB

Expected result:

User data should not be growing beyond saved credentials and bookmarks, between history clearances. But a huge amount of data is being saved in that file. What is it?

Brave Version( check About Brave):

All recent versions

Mobile Device details

Android 9 smartphone

Additional Information:

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