Linux Mint Public Key Error

Managed to fix this, but was wondering if this was a common issue and why this happens

Got an error message that went something like this (I’m on Linux Mint 22.2):

8 packages can be upgraded. Run ‘apt list --upgradable’ to see them.

W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com stable InRelease: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 0686B78420038257

W: Failed to fetch https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/dists/stable/InRelease The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 0686B78420038257

W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

I managed to fix it using AI (which I didn’t want to do) and if I remember correctly, it had me manually add back in the repository and delete the old one. Has anyone else run into this and why does it happen?

Sorry for the trouble! This is a known issue and should be resolved soon.

Re-running the installer should resolve the matter.

curl -fsS https://dl.brave.com/install.sh | sh