Many sites that I try to access wont load up and I get a ‘dns_probe_possible’ message. The site then usually loads up automatically by itself after a few seconds. There’s no pattern to this. Some days it hardly happens and other days it happens constantly. It’s difficult to reproduce as it’s not co…

Are you using a vpn or secure dns (in brave://settings/security) ? @plarul

Try a clean Brave profile, and retest. Also test website that is breaking

Tried new profile. Problem is still there. It doesn’t break sites, the error comes up for a few seconds before finally sorting itself out and joining the site. I’d rather go back to FF then deal with this any longer.

This has been happening to me since forever in the Android app.

Many sites not loading - DNS_PROBE_POSSIBLE message

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plarul September 17, 2021, 8:54am 3

Im not using a vpn. The problem comes regardless of whether I enable secure dns in the settings or not.
This never used to happen at all until a few months ago. Now it happens constantly. Super annoying.

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