@boredbeaver wrote:
That was resolved after reinstalling the system files using the built in tools and after a few days of regular use there hasn’t been any further freezing in any program whatsoever, let alone Brave. I still can’t believe I didn’t notice any of the other minor software jitters that would’ve pointed towards it being OS based problem.
Ref.: Brave just constantly freezes for a few seconds at a time, but doesn't crash - #12 by boredbeaver
My observations about what might be causes:
Sharing data across a network
Some particulars, for some Brave Search users: a) shared clipboard data, and b) shared data via Citrix, and c) shared data via xfce4-clipman.
Clicking in a URL address field, can kick into gear: pre-fetching (access to data across a network), and: history and suggestions - some of which may be on the local computer, or on a remote computer, or on a “cloud drive.” In other words, more shared data.
So, a network problem, of a variety of types, may interrupt the flow of data to-and-from an Internet browser - and make it seem frozen, non-responsive, stalled, or windmilling.