i already tried to disable extentions, clear cookies/history, reset settings, and yet replies on youtube arent showing up….

Having the same issue. They were loading earlier today, but starting not to load a couple of hours ago. I tracked the issue down to Brave Shields. Disabling them for YouTube will allow them to load again. Either there was a change in Brave or a change in Youtube today. Disabling Shields on Youtube i…

[image] YouTube - Bookmarks and comment replies won't open Web Compatibility A fix will be out within the hour

I noticed too disabling the Brave shields for youtube solves the problem at least temporary.

Do I just update filter lists in shields?

Sure, update the lists, though they should update automatically

Looking good here, seems resolved to me. [image] Comments expand again without issue and I tried multiple videos with shields up. I did not update the list, but have been watching a movie outside of the browser (Bluray), so I assume starting Brave caused an auto-update in that instance.

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fanboynz January 25, 2026, 1:37am 3

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