ajr3v
January 19, 2024, 5:49pm
1
Can we have some clarity to whether Brave intends to fix or at least acknowledge there is an issue with the Brave holding closed windows, pop ups, in uBar’s window preview?
This issue does not present itself with other Chromium based browses such as Google Chrome.
Its been brought up in numerous posts that keep getting closed without any resolution or bug acknowledgement. This issue, from what I can tell has been brought up as early as December 2018 and is still an issue as of Jan 19 2024.
Closed windows (including private ones) show up in uBar window list Barve not working with UBAR Closed windows still show up as open in open window list (uBar app) Brave windows still showing up after I close them on MacOS
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ajr3v
January 19, 2024, 5:58pm
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For transparency,
I’ve also raised a support ticket with uBar for them to investigate on their end.
@ajr3v ,
opened 06:18PM - 19 Jan 24 UTC
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OS/macOS
OS/Desktop
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## Description
For quite some time now, it has been reported that Brave and the macOS toolbar application "uBar" have known compatibility issues. Namely, that uBar seems to display windows that were closed in Brave in the list of open windows on uBar, long after those windows have been closed.
My initial thought was that the issue is on the uBar side of things but it is important to note that this issue is not present in other Chromium browsers, which may point to this being an issue on our end. Many users have described the same behavior:
> I use the uBar launcher, and have noticed a weird behavior since updating Brave recently: Brave windows that are closed appear in uBar’s active windows list as if they were still open.
>
> Closing Brave and re-opening it gets rid of any current “phantom” windows in the open windows list, but they accumulate again as more windows are opened.
>
> When using the “uBar” dock replacement ([https://ubarapp.com/ 2](https://ubarapp.com/)) on macOS, closed windows remain in uBar’s window list after they are closed. This is just an annnoyance for normal windows, but a serious leak for incognito windows.
> Hi, i use a dock replacement for mac called UBAR, when i close brave windows they still show as they are open, all other browser and app work fine, just brave is not working properly, can you please help me with this?
> I use a dock replacement Application called UBar that shows open windows on mouseover of the application. When I mouse over the Brave application, it shows windows that I have already closed as being active, suggesting that they are still running in the background. To emphasise, this is not an issue with UBar, since it works without a single issue with every other application (including chrome and other browsers) and correctly displays the currently active windows. Additionally, UBar displays the number of active windows next to each process and this does not decrease when I “close” a window, resulting in it showing brave as having dozens of open windows.
One user shares a video capture of the behavior:
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/assets/3299098/ea11fe8f-e83e-49aa-89ae-ab2ac516fff3
## Steps to Reproduce
1. Install uBar on macOS
2. Open some tabs in Brave, then close them
3. Observe that the closed windows still appear in the uBar preview window
## Reproduces how often:
Always
## Brave version (brave://version info)
This issue appears to have been around since 2018 so from that version up to the latest version (1.61.120)
## Version/Channel Information:
- Can you reproduce this issue with the current release? Y
- Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel? Y
- Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel? Y
## Other Additional Information:
- Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? No
- Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards? No
- Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? N/A
## Miscellaneous Information:
Original user reports:
https://community.brave.app/t/closed-windows-still-show-up-as-open-in-open-window-list-ubar-app/39846
https://community.brave.app/t/closed-windows-including-private-ones-show-up-in-ubar-window-list/509672
I will also ping a few team members internally and try to get some eyes on it.
ajr3v
January 19, 2024, 6:24pm
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@Mattches Thank you!!
This is exactly what I was hoping for. Just need some eyes on it and for either Brave or uBar claim accountability.
If uBar provides any insight through my internal support request, ill report their findings.
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Yes please do let us know if they get back to you with anything.
system
February 18, 2024, 6:26pm
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