Description of the issue: The :gear: settings icon on the upper right hand side of Youtube videos using the Brave browser no longer lets me access settings to Youtube videos and now only dims my screen until I press it again Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): Doing it over and over ag…

@Starqrl94 what is the version number you’re using currently – you can find this by going to Menu --> Settings --> About Brave. What do you have your Shields settings set to for the site? You stated that the Adblock browser also has this issue – can you please test this in either Chrome or Firefox …

I am having the same issue, from the limited troubleshooting I have done it seems limited to some of the 4K videos on YouTube not all of them, search for “4K” on YouTube and play one of those videos, pressing the cog dims the screen but the menu doesn’t appear so you can’t change the resolution as a…

@Kaled this is very useful information. Looks like I can reproduce this issue on my end with this and a few other 4K videos. As you stated, I also see this in Chrome and Firefox as well. While it may be related to this issue: Users reports - screen is dimming & loc…

Application version: Brave 1.76.75, Chromium 134.0.6998.95 My shield settings are the default settings. I’ve never changed them before so they’re whatever the app decided for me The issue does not persist on Chrome, but it does on my phone’s Internet app browser.

@Starqrl94 yeah as stated above I don’t think this is a Brave specific issue as it seems to be occurring in other browsers. Further, it’s occurring in non-Chromium based browsers like Firefox, so I’m inclined to believe that the issue is on the site’s side. Will reply back here when I hear from the …

The problem with the cog menu not showing on YouTube went away it seems, at least on my end :man_shrugging:

⚙️ on YT videos inaccessible after new update

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⚙️ on YT videos inaccessible after new update

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