Crash when typing in address bar

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Description of the issue:
Browser crashes immediately after typing anything in address bar.
It crashes as soon as i type the first letter/number on my keyboard.
Issue happens only after updating to version 1.82.170, regardless of native or flatpak version.

Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary):

  1. Launch Brave
  2. click on address bar.
  3. type anything on keyboard.
  4. Browsers closed automatically.

Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!):
If trying to type in address bar, the browser just close/crash.
terminal output below:

thomas  ~  brave-browser
[31140:31140:0919/184326.899288:ERROR:components/sharing_message/sharing_service.cc:297] Device registration failed with fatal error
[0919/184335.955265:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/snapshot/elf/elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found
[0919/184335.956350:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/snapshot/elf/elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found
[0919/184335.956498:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/snapshot/elf/elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found
[0919/184335.956591:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/snapshot/elf/elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found
[0919/184335.960287:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/snapshot/elf/elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found
[0919/184335.961075:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/snapshot/elf/elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found
[0919/184335.961236:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/snapshot/elf/elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found
[0919/184335.961297:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/snapshot/elf/elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found
[0919/184335.961899:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/util/process/process_memory_range.cc:75] read out of range
[0919/184335.961908:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/util/process/process_memory_range.cc:75] read out of range
[0919/184335.965854:WARNING:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/snapshot/linux/process_reader_linux.cc:146] no stack mapping
[0919/184335.967379:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/util/process/process_memory_range.cc:75] read out of range
[0919/184335.967386:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/util/process/process_memory_range.cc:75] read out of range
[0919/184335.967399:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/util/process/process_memory_range.cc:75] read out of range
[0919/184335.967407:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/util/process/process_memory_range.cc:75] read out of range
/usr/bin/brave-browser: Zeile 39: 31140 Speicherzugriffsfehler     (Speicherabzug geschrieben) "$HERE/brave" "$@"

Expected Result:
Browser should let me enter anything in address bar without crashing.

Reproduces how often:
Always in first minutes after starting browser.

Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu):
Brave 1.82.170 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Chromium: 140.0.7339.186

Reproducible on current live release (yes/no):
Yes

Additional information:
OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed x86_64
Kernel: Linux 6.16.7-1-default
KDE Plasma 6.4.5 (Wayland)

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Are you using a non-English language in the address bar? If so, it’s a known issue we’re working to resolve. https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/49272

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No, same issue with English.

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I am also on Tumbleweed, using English, and I confirm this problem on the release channel version of Brave. I installed the Nightly version last night, the problem does not happen with the Nightly.

Be aware that you should copy your ‘Default’ directly from the ‘Brave-Browser’ parent directory into the ‘Default’ of ‘Brave-Browser-Nightly’ , to keep your settings and history while using nightly. Then copy back, if you want to return to the Release channel. Both versions can be installed at the same time.

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English is the default language in my desktop, and I was not using any special characters while the browser was crashing. Just a single letter into the address/search bar provoked the crash, every time in the last couple of days. I am using the real builds, not flatpaks.

The problem may have been only been exposed on the address / search bar. It’s likely Wayland related, but I did not back down to X11.

Brave 1.84.89 (Official Build) nightly works OK, with Chromium 140.0.7339.186 underneath.

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See also my crash backtrace, also running in en_US, pure ASCII, here:

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I can confirm that the crash appears to go away with Brave 1.84.89

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Just wanted to chime in here and say that I was having the same issue with 1.82.170 on Debian 13. I’m using the nightly now and it’s not crashing for me.

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Recent update to stable version 1.82.172 / Chromium: 140.0.7339.207 fixed this issue for me.

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