Shield settings resetting after every Brave exit

Enri · June 18, 2021, 5:26pm

Trackers & ads blocking
Fingerprinting blocking

Are always resetting from Strict and Agressive to Standard.

Windows 10
Brave [
Version 1.28.3 Chromium: 91.0.4472.106 (Official Build) nightly (64-bit)

Rethanis · June 18, 2021, 5:56pm

If you are clearing browsing data on exit, uncheck the “Site and Shields Settings” option.

github.com/brave/brave-browser

Clearing "Site and Shields Settings" resets global Shields settings

opened 01:17PM - 17 Apr 21 UTC

Tonev

OS/Desktop

## Description Clearing "Site and Shields Settings" (**_brave://settings/clear…BrowserData_**) resets Brave's global Shields settings (**_brave://settings/shields_**). ## Steps to Reproduce https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/20608253/115114052-ee300500-9f95-11eb-8e64-db2e76b28ad0.mp4 ## Actual result: Global Shields settings are reset. ## Expected result: Clearing "Site and Shields Settings" shouldn't reset Brave's global Shields settings. Clearing browsing data for "Site and Shields Settings" should clear site-specific Shields settings, as explained here: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/15319#issuecomment-821273456. ## Reproduces how often: Easily ## Brave version (brave://version info) Brave | 1.23.71 Chromium: 90.0.4430.72 (Official Build) (64-bit) -- | -- Revision | b6172ef8d07ef486489a4b11b66b2eaeed50d132-refs/branch-heads/4430@{#1233} OS | Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (Build 7601) JavaScript | V8 9.0.257.17 User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/90.0.4430.72 Safari/537.36 Command Line | "C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe" --enable-dom-distiller --disable-domain-reliability --no-pings --extension-content-verification=enforce_strict --extensions-install-verification=enforce --origin-trial-public-key=bYUKPJoPnCxeNvu72j4EmPuK7tr1PAC7SHh8ld9Mw3E=,fMS4mpO6buLQ/QMd+zJmxzty/VQ6B1EUZqoCU04zoRU= --sync-url=https://sync-v2.brave.com/v2 --lso-url=https://no-thanks.invalid --variations-server-url=https://variations.brave.com/seed --enable-features=WebUIDarkMode,LegacyTLSEnforced,AutoupgradeMixedContent,SafetyTip,WinrtGeolocationImplementation,PrefetchPrivacyChanges,PasswordImport,ReducedReferrerGranularity --disable-features=AutofillServerCommunication,SafeBrowsingEnhancedProtection,NotificationTriggers,WebOTP,TextFragmentAnchor,SignedExchangeSubresourcePrefetch,IdleDetection,SafeBrowsingEnhancedProtectionMessageInInterstitials,SubresourceWebBundles,SignedExchangePrefetchCacheForNavigations,SharingQRCodeGenerator,DirectSockets,BraveDomainBlock,AutofillEnableAccountWalletStorage,TabHoverCards,LangClientHintHeader,NetworkTimeServiceQuerying --flag-switches-begin --enable-features=WebUIDarkMode,LegacyTLSEnforced,AutoupgradeMixedContent,SafetyTip,WinrtGeolocationImplementation,PrefetchPrivacyChanges,PasswordImport,ReducedReferrerGranularity,EphemeralStorage --flag-switches-end Executable Path | C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe Profile Path | C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Default Variations | 7146a73c-3f4a17df ## Version/Channel Information: - Can you reproduce this issue with the current release? - Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel? - Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel? ## Other Additional Information: - Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? - Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards? - Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? ## Miscellaneous Information: Worth taking a look if it's related to https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/15319.

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