Description of the issue:
Everytime when I search something up on Brave Search, I get “tiles.search.com” on my DNS-Requests.
Checklist:
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I use NextDNS as my DNS-Resolver.
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Tested with PCAPandroid to confirm, and got the same results.
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Issue (only?) happens with Firefox on Windows and Mobile.
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I already disabled all extensions and even tried Firefox portable.
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Not happening on any other browser.
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Occasionly I see the URL Request on Portmaster (Windows). →
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Happens both on WiFi and mobile data.
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Cant see the url on Devtools (F12)
Brave Version (check About Brave):
Not on Brave (afaik)
Operating System:
Windows 11, Android 14.
Why am I opening the issue here? Idk who is at fault here. It is a very, very weird issue that only happens on Brave search. I plan to open a issue on Bugzilla too, but we need to work togheter on this issue.
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That looks like a Firefox bug to me. This non-existent tiles.search.com domain doesn’t appear in their codebase, but I see a search.com used here in tests:
Maybe it’s some kind of placeholder URL that is mistakenly used in this case.
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Thanks. Opened a thread on bugzilla. Linked this thread there too:
A mozilla dev in that bugzilla thread has found the issue:
It’s caused by this tag in the HTML on https:// search.brave. com/search?q=otherstuff&source=web
“<link href="https://tiles.search.com" rel="preconnect" crossorigin="anonymous">”
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Ah, that makes sense. I was wrong to look at Firefox, but I can’t explain why it would not reproduce in other browsers.
In any case, I have found the incorrect code in the Brave Search codebase and prepared a fix. It should roll out in the near future.
Thanks again for reaching out!
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Thank you very much. Is it possible for you (or the system) to notify me when the update goes live?
My fix was merged today and while it’s not live yet, it will be included next time the code is deployed.
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