Bug that closes all tabs

Brave Browser Mobile Support
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Description of the issue:

when you have open tabs in brave on ipad, and you close it using that traffic light menu in the title bar, all previously open tabs will be closed upon opening brave again

How can this issue be reproduced?

  1. open brave and a few tabs

  2. close it via the traffic light menu

  3. open brave again

Expected result:

preserved tabs if its activated in settings

Brave Version( check About Brave):

1.93

Mobile Device details

ipados only

< 26 (26.6.1)

Additional Information:

this bug’s been around eversince the menu was introduced, but there just wasn’t enough attention or a will to fix it

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@CRYST4L

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

  • Brave Browser version numbers
  • Operating System version numbers

To be clear:

The iPadOS traffic light menu is the set of three colored buttons (red, yellow, green) located in the top-left corner of application windows, which allows users to quickly close, minimize, or expand an app without needing to reach for the corner of the screen.

This feature is part of the new contextual menu bar introduced in iPadOS 26, which provides a Mac-style interface for window management. The menu bar appears when swiping down from the top of the screen or moving the cursor there if using a mouse or trackpad, and it displays the traffic light controls alongside other window-specific options like copy, paste, and view settings.

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what now -_- ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

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@Mattches

I do not have an iPad (ie no iPadOS).

Re OP issue, and related tabs fail to persist issues - examples:

The new, blended iPadOS/MacOS “traffic light” menu selection (re OP issue, above) apparently bypasses the safety checks/prompts - such as mentioned by @Saoiray at:

“even if you accidentally hit it, there’s a confirmation prompt as well”