Downloads Frequently Fail While Adding to Dock Number

[Bobbysimpson]

Description of the issue:
How can this issue be reproduced?

1. Download any file (frequently from Gmail).

2. Note that the file never actually downloads but the number in the dock icon increases.

3. Quit Brave and restart. Usually, this fixes the problem.

4. Eventually the bug comes back.

Expected result: Clicking on Download for any file completely downloads a file without issues.

Brave Version (check About Brave): Brave 1.81.131 (Official Build) (arm64)

Chromium: 139.0.7258.66

Additional Information: This has been happening for years and has been reported by many other users in this community. For example: Downloads not working, shows # in mac OS dock icon but file is nonexistent It doesn’t seem like Brave support has ever found a real fix.

[289wk]

The Downloads issue that I have with Brave Browser (stable, MacOS), is that large file downloads fail; the browser simply will not continue to download at some point that is late in the process . . . downloads are incomplete, apparently close to the finish line. So, I have been using Firefox for downloading files that Brave Browser (MacOS) cannot handle.

I tried to use Brave Browser Beta (MacOS), but I encountered problems while installing:
‘Unable to download files or upload files in brave browser - #15 by 289wk’