Brave browser crashes when typing in address/search bar

Description of the issue

While browsing Twitter/X, the browser suddenly crashed when I scrolled down the page. After reopening Brave, the “Restore Pages” prompt appeared. When I clicked “Restore,” the browser crashed again immediately.

Since then, every time I try to type something into the address bar or search bar, Brave instantly closes itself. I can access and navigate through Settings normally without any issue.

I also tried opening brave://crashes/ and successfully clicked the “Send Now” button. However, when I click on the “Provide additional details” field, the browser crashes immediately again, so I’m unable to submit extra information there.

Because of this, I wanted to ask for help here instead.


Steps to Reproduce

  1. Open Brave browser
  2. Try typing anything into the address bar/search bar
  3. Browser instantly crashes and closes

Actual Result

Brave closes immediately whenever I try to use the address/search bar.


Expected Result

The browser should remain stable and allow normal searching and URL input.


Reproduces how often

Every time


Brave Version

Version 1.90.122 Chromium: 148.0.7778.167 (Official Build) (64-bit)


Reproducible on current live release

Yes


Additional Information

Crash Report 1

  • Crash from: Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 9:16:37 PM
  • Status: Uploaded
  • Uploaded Crash Report ID: a8960900-d8c8-ba0f-0000-000000000000
  • Upload Time: Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 9:23:26 PM
  • Local Crash Context: 75b393ee-5551-4ed0-adc0-e2fe88a499ec

Crash Report 2

  • Crash from: Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 9:16:20 PM
  • Status: Uploaded
  • Uploaded Crash Report ID: 89940900-d8c8-ba0f-0000-000000000000
  • Upload Time: Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 9:20:12 PM
  • Local Crash Context: 783c273f-03ad-47f3-8eba-6c717962555d