Edit 2 (03/10): Tis fixed! Thank you @Evan123!
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Running Ubuntu 25.04 (dual boot alongside Win 11); Brave 1.82.170 (Official Build) (64-bit).
Description of the issue:
Brave closes all windows when clicking on the >> (Hidden Bookmarks) on the bookmarks bar, but only in a windowed state (i.e. not maximized to fill the screen). Only started happening in the past week or so. Doesn’t seem to happen with a fresh install, prior to signing into my Sync chain.
Steps to reproduce:
Open Brave; have it in a windowed state; click >> on the bookmarks bar.
99% of the time, all Brave windows will instantly close. Very rarely, I’ve resized the window, and it doesn’t have an effect. I resize it again, and it closes.
Via the terminal, I have uninstalled, purged, removed the cache, rebooted etc., before reinstalling using the instructions on the Brave website for linux installs. I added several random bookmarks to a fresh install of Brave prior to joining my Sync chain (enough that there was a >> to click on when maximized), and I couldn’t reproduce the issue, regardless of window size. Signed into my Sync chain, and it happened first time.
It’s happened with or without extensions installed - I’ve not installed any new ones in months. I have rearranged bookmarks to see if that makes a difference, and no luck.
I am totally baffled, and would appreciate any suggestions.
Edit 1: Loaded from the terminal (thanks to my other half), and it spat out the following:
1st attempt
sarah:~$ brave-browser
[20832:20832:0920/192649.146617:ERROR:components/sharing_message/sharing_service.cc:297] Device registration failed with fatal error
[20832:20832:0920/192649.207577:ERROR:components/dbus/xdg/request.cc:169] Request ended (non-user cancelled).
[20832:20832:0920/192649.207590:ERROR:ui/base/accelerators/global_accelerator_listener/global_accelerator_listener_linux.cc:285] Failed to call BindShortcuts (error code 5).
[0920/192702.257769:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/snapshot/elf/elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found
[0920/192702.258581:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/snapshot/elf/elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found
[0920/192702.267133:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/util/file/directory_reader_posix.cc:43] opendir /home/sarah/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Crash Reports/attachments/f344b94f-4828-4459-90c0-38d6da6aeb8f: No such file or directory (2)
/usr/bin/brave-browser: line 39: 20832 Illegal instruction (core dumped) "$HERE/brave" "$@"
2nd attempt
sarah:~$ brave-browser
[21658:21658:0920/192751.412237:ERROR:components/sharing_message/sharing_service.cc:297] Device registration failed with fatal error
[21658:21658:0920/192751.413144:ERROR:components/dbus/xdg/request.cc:169] Request ended (non-user cancelled).
[21658:21658:0920/192751.413162:ERROR:ui/base/accelerators/global_accelerator_listener/global_accelerator_listener_linux.cc:285] Failed to call BindShortcuts (error code 5).
[0920/192756.749970:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/snapshot/elf/elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found
[0920/192756.751027:ERROR:third_party/crashpad/crashpad/snapshot/elf/elf_dynamic_array_reader.h:64] tag not found
sarah:~$ /usr/bin/brave-browser: line 39: 21658 Illegal instruction (core dumped) "$HERE/brave" "$@"