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Description of the issue:
How can this issue be reproduced?
1.OPEN ANY WEBSITE
2.CLEAR DATA
3.
**Expected result:**TAB THAT DOESN’T WORK(NEEDS TO BE CLOSED)BLACK SCREEN
**Brave Version( check About Brave):**1.80 and 1,80.1, and 1.79( hasn’t been resolved since this version)
Mobile Device details iPad and iPhone
Additional Information:
I’ve opened the following issue for our developers to review:
opened 09:57PM - 11 Jul 25 UTC
privacy
feature/tabs-bar
feature/settings
OS/iOS
### Description
On iOS, if you elect to clear browsing data, any open tabs you … have will go "blank"/display black. It appears as though they are trying to refresh, but they never do. You also cannot manually refresh the page -- the tab has to be fully closed and a new tab opened in order to resume browsing.
I would expect the refresh to take place after data is cleared, but the browser appears to get stuck on the refresh operation and remains there until the tab is closed.
### Steps to reproduce
1. Open any tab in Brave
2. Go to `Settings --> Shields & Privacy --> Clear browsing data`
3. Ensure the `Site data` option is toggled "on", then clear data
4. Return to the open tab
### Actual result
Observe that the tab is now black and stuck in refresh state and cannot be manually refreshed.
### Expected result
Refresh operation goes through after clearing data and the page is displayed normally again.
### Reproduces how often
Easily reproduced
### Brave version
v1.80
### Device/iOS version
Any
### Affected browser versions
- [x] latest AppStore
- [ ] latest TestFlight
- [ ] previous TestFlight
### Reproducibility
- [ ] with Brave Shields disabled
- [ ] in the latest version of mobile Safari
### Miscellaneous information
Reports:
https://community.brave.app/t/bug-clearing-brave-data-while-on-any-website-kills-open-tabs/632128
https://community.brave.app/t/bug-clearing-browsing-data-breaks-open-tabs/630993
system
Closed
August 10, 2025, 9:58pm
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