Brave won't navigate to any URL

Brave Browser Mobile Support
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Description of the issue:

Brave won’t navigate to any URL.

How can this issue be reproduced?

  1. Enter a URL, open a bookmark, or open a link in Brave from another app (when Brave is set as the default browser in iOS).
  2. The page doesn’t load.
  3. Reloading blanks out the address bar.

Expected result:

Brave navigates to the URL entered in the address bar.

Brave Version (check About Brave):

Version 1.92 (144)

Mobile Device details

iPhone 16 Pro, iOS 26.6

Additional Information:

I wonder if this issue might be related to the latest iOS update. Brave was working normally for me before the update. (I’m writing this post in Firefox for iOS.)

New information:

I noticed a small “i” icon in the address bar. Upon tapping it, I got a “Site connection not verified.” notice. A screenshot is attached below.

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What I tried so far:

  • Restarting my iPhone
  • Switching from Wi-Fi to cellular
  • Changing the “Upgrade Connections to HTTPS” setting from “Strict” to “Standard” and then “Disabled”
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Are you connected to a VPN by chance when you see this issue?

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I am not connected to a VPN.

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We’ve logged an issue for this here

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I decided to try uninstalling and then re-installing Brave. With all of its settings and stored data cleared by that process, Brave can now navigate to URLs as expected.

I re-joined my Brave sync chain to get back my bookmarks. I’ll need to configure everything else again, but at least I have a working browser again.