Brave is blocking urls starting with chrome-extension://

I’m accessing this URL(chrome-extension://pkehgijcmpdhfbdbbnkijodmdjhbjlgp/data/web_accessible_resources/redirect.html?url=https://google.com), which is blocked by Brave. I have totally no idea which part of Brave blocked it.

Here’s snapshot of Network pane of F12 tool (DevTools)

Brave 1.85.116 on Windows 10 19045 (Thanks for alert from @289wk that I’ve missed the version information)

@buns2

chrome-extension://pkehgijcmpdhfbdbbnkijodmdjhbjlgp/data/web_accessible_resources/redirect.html

. . . is a resource URL address WITHIN a Chrome extension. That extension’s extension ID is possibly: pkehgijcmpdhfbdbbnkijodmdjhbjlgp, and possibly you can find whichever extension that is, by, in a Brave Browser New Window, going to: brave://extensions/ and scrolling down to, and selecting, Manage extensions.

I definitely know it is a page managed by some extension. What do you want to find in Manage extensions? And how come Brave blocks a pure local page?

@buns2

As I wrote in my previous reply: “possibly you can find whichever extension

. . . is using a link that Brave Browser, or something else, is somehow blocking.


Please edit your Original Post (“OP”) above, in order to include:

  • Brave Browser version numbers
  • Operating System version numbers

Okay I see. I did even tought of it, cuz:

  1. One can easily find which extension it is by accessing Chrome Extension Web Store with the extension id https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/privacy-badger/pkehgijcmpdhfbdbbnkijodmdjhbjlgp
  2. Does it matter which extension it is? Anyway,

how come Brave blocks a pure local page?

Because it would be a clear security issue?

Think about that for a bit.

Sorry could you be more specific about it?

@buns2

My wild guess, re, in your OP:

URL(chrome-extension://pkehgijcmpdhfbdbbnkijodmdjhbjlgp/data/web_accessible_resources/redirect.html?url=https://google.com), which is blocked by Brave

Brave is blocking a 3rd party cookie

that has something to do with the redirect.html?url=https://google.com trailing portion of the URL?

Or, Brave Browser is blocking an attempt by the extension, Privacy Badger, to bypass some security feature/process of Brave?

So, the reason may be, for your security, re what MasterLink wrote, above.

Thanks for the instruction. Changing to Allow all cookies doesen’t help. I suspect whether shield is working. On the page the shield icon(brave logo) in the right of address bar is gray and clicking on it does nothing.

The URL is full.

Describe it as a secure issue with no detail won’t help, I guess. And it’s more important to:

  1. Get a way to find which part of Brave blocked it
  2. Find how to whitelist it, whether it’s a security issue or not
  3. Determine whether it’s a real issue

among which I suppose 1 is the most important.

@buns2

Referring to an older issue, here at the Brave Community:

I would suggest . . .

In a Brave Browser New Window, go to the Advanced tab at brave://settings/clearBrowserData ← and there, Enable the Site and Shields Settings checkbox, and for Time range set All time, and click the Delete data button.

Exit / Quit everything and Restart your computer. Then test.

Sorry – just catching up here. What exactly is the page that you’re trying to access? Not sure I’m entirely clear on what the actual issue is.

I’m just opening the exact URL in the OP. To be more specific, the extension (Privacy Badger) somehow managed to hijack all searches (when user type some word in the address bar and press enter) to their redirect page. And this behavior seems to be blocked in Incognito window only. To make debugging easy as MWE, I truncated the long target url away (something like google.com/search?q=blah), and it can still triggering the problem.

Anyway it’s my mistake for not checking thoroughly before posting. I found that:

chrome-extension:// URLs are blocked in Chromium as well in incognito window. This isn’t a Brave feature.

Please accept my apologize for the trouble.

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