Description of the issue:
Immediately after upgrading the Brave desktop browser to v1.79.119 on macOS (15.5 (24F74) Sequoia), page element rendering failures are making the browser unusable. The issue is persistent and manifests itself in both regular and private tabs. This, for example, is google calendar:
Can confirm same result on Windows 10 (Build 19045.5917).
How it happens completely depends on the tab I’m using and seems random, sometimes I simply open a completely new tab and it happens, sometimes if I reload a suspended tab it will occur as well, and sometimes it even happens when switching tabs.
Best fix i found, at the very least on my end, is to close the tab and re-open it.
Compare with one or more of Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Vivaldi? Each being up to date and using the same version of Chromium used by your copy of Brave Browser.
Latest Chrome (Version 137.0.7151.69 (Official Build) (arm64)) is running fine on the same machine. I had to switch to using it because Brave isn’t rendering any document (or its own UI) well anymore.
Case in point: I wish I could see the full versioning info in Brave, but I get this instead:
In order to help you get the general idea of that type of URL address (brave://crashes), in another Brave Browser New Window’s URL address field, enter:
brave://chrome-urls/#internals
You will see a long list of the brave:// . . . -type URL addresses used by Brave Browser.
Same issue, even when going to About - it won’t render that properly either. Entire top half is black, have to highlight text to make it show (per screenshot):
[34956:903161:0618/110414.772262:INFO:third_party/skia/src/gpu/graphite/dawn/DawnGraphicsPipeline.cpp:697] [graphite] ** ERROR ** Failed to create render pipeline (4): Error creating pipeline state Compiler encountered an internal error
- While initializing [RenderPipeline "RP((BGRA8+D24_S8 x4->1).rgba) + MiddleOutFanRenderStep[EvenOdd] + (empty)"]
at InitializeImpl (../../third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/metal/RenderPipelineMTL.mm:470)
[34956:903161:0618/110414.772313:INFO:third_party/skia/src/gpu/graphite/QueueManager.cpp:208] [graphite] ** ERROR ** Adding Recording commands to the CommandBuffer has failed
[34956:903161:0618/110445.365649:INFO:third_party/skia/src/gpu/graphite/dawn/DawnGraphicsPipeline.cpp:697] [graphite] ** ERROR ** Failed to create render pipeline (4): ShaderModuleMTL: failed to get the MTLFunction '' from produced MSL shader below:
Available functions are:
- While getting fragment MTLFunction for [RenderPipeline "RP((R8+D16 x1).a000) + CoverBoundsRenderStep[NonAAFill] + SolidColor SrcOver "]
- While initializing [RenderPipeline "RP((R8+D16 x1).a000) + CoverBoundsRenderStep[NonAAFill] + SolidColor SrcOver "]
at CreateFunction (../../third_party/dawn/src/dawn/native/metal/ShaderModuleMTL.mm:479)
[34956:903161:0618/110445.365686:INFO:third_party/skia/src/gpu/graphite/QueueManager.cpp:208] [graphite] ** ERROR ** Adding Recording commands to the CommandBuffer has failed
I then copied the various elements from the backup (folder Default/)
Bookmarks - Your bookmark data
Login Data - Saved passwords (though you might want to re-enter them fresh)
Favicons - Website icons
Top Sites - Frequently visited sites
Because rendering was in such bad shape, I had to send the defunct Brave to Trash to do a fresh install of the newly downloaded Brave. Settings and installed extensions seem to have been preserved.
