Brave Browser 1.29.77 ソフトウェア情報交換

What's new in this version:

Brave Browser 1.29.77
- Fixed not being able to download files from Google Drive due to cookies being blocked
- Upgraded Chromium to 93.0.4577.63


Brave Browser 1.29.76
Added:
- Gemini two-way Brave Rewards wallet
- prompt to enable crash reporting
- support for launching Brave with a Tor window when using the terminal/command line interface
- “Show Search Tabs button” setting under brave://settings/appearance
- “walletActive” parameter to the stats usage ping
- ephemeral support to “BroadcastChannel”
- Uphold user ID under brave://rewards-internals to assist with rewards support
- a “Relaunch” button which displays after the in-line “Tips Settings” are modified

- Changed the location of QR code for iOS devices to be under the “Manage Your Wallet” modal on brave://rewards page
- Updated the date of installation parameter in the stats ping to expire in 30 days
- Reduced the height of the download bar
- Removed the Brave Rewards semi-verified user wallet state which occurred in certain cases
Upgraded Chromium to 93.0.4577.58 (Changelog for 93.0.4577.58)

Fixed:
- IPFS links not being fully displayed in the Brave Rewards panel
- mute button moving when hovering on an inactive tab
- the close “x” button not being shown on tab hover with small tab size on macOS
- inconsistent capitalization in menu items on Windows and Linux


Brave Browser 1.28.106
- Upgraded Chromium to 92.0.4515.159


Brave Browser 1.28.105
Added:
- display ads to the Brave News feed
- setting to “Automatically send daily usage ping to Brave” under brave://settings/privacy
- support for additional currencies in the Gemini widget
- the ability for users to rotate IPFS keys
- p2p key export for IPFS

Updated:
- the placement of “Privacy and security” section under brave://settings
- the custom header list to be hard-coded
- adblocking to collapse HTML elements with blocked image or iframe requests
- icons used for certain file types when Brave is set as the default application
- the bookmarks folder icon on the bookmarks bar
- the Ads History view from 7 days to 30 days

- Removed duplicate separator under right click context menu. (#714)

Fixed:
- Brave Rewards wallet being reset after upgrading in certain cases
- IPFS migration
- “Connected peers” not being reset to 0 once IPFS node is stopped
- delete button not appearing on brave://history when using the search box


Brave Browser 1.27.111
- Upgraded Chromium to 92.0.4515.131

Fixed:
- users not being rewarded for New Tab Page Sponsored Image views in certain cases
- ads from split groups not being displayed in certain cases
- Brave ads database failing to upgrade in certain cases


Brave Browser 1.27.109
- Fixed “Maximum number of ads displayed” incorrectly being set to 0 after upgrade in certain cases
- Upgraded Chromium to 92.0.4515.115


Brave Browser 1.27.108
- Added new hourly options under “Maximum number of ads displayed” for Brave Ads notifications
- Added “Don’t ask me again” button to Wayback Machine infobar- [Security] Migrated Tor log from disk to memory as reported on HackerOne by sickcodes
- Implemented additional WebGL extensions blocking logic
- Improved “Disconnected” Brave Rewards wallet state

Updated:
- default search engine for new installations in certain regions
- Brave Rewards wallet verification modal under brave://rewards/#verify
- Brave Ads UI to show estimated pending rewards for current month only
- fingerprinting protections to always return light mode when set to strict
- Upgraded Chromium to 92.0.4515.107

Fixed:
- issue where “Current earnings this month (estimated)” incorrectly decreased in certain cases
- various IPFS issues
- TLS pins not working


Brave Browser 1.26.77
- Upgraded Chromium to 91.0.4472.164


Brave Browser 1.26.74
- Renamed “Brave Search beta” to “Brave” in several locations including onboarding and the URL bar
- Upgraded Chromium to 91.0.4472.124


Brave Browser 1.26.67
Added:
- Brave Search beta to the list of available search engines
- FTX widget to the New Tab Page
- QR code generator to the URL bar
- explict opt-in to Brave News
- the ability for users to import P2P keys for use with IPFS
- the ability for users to publish content using P2P keys with IPFS

Fixed:
- URL bar search not working in private windows when the search provider was set by an extension
- issue where users were unable to share a local file or folder using IPFS
- IPFS sub menu not appearing on the hamburger menu until browser restart
- Brave being registered as an FTP handler on Linux
- issue where the Brave News customize button could incorrectly link to “Customize Dashboard” modal in certain cases
- Upgraded Chromium to 91.0.4472.114

- [Security] Fixed CNAME uncloaking when proxy is set as reported on HackerOne by neeythann
- Updated adblocking to prevent DNS lookups for CNAME decloaking when requests are already blocked
- Updated the “Learn more” link on the IPFS interstitial page and under brave://settings/ipfs
- Updated the Cloudflare privacy policy link on the Unstoppable Domains interstitial page
- Updated brave://version to show full variation names
- Renamed Brave Today to Brave News
- Removed “Block element via selector” from the Brave extension


Brave Browser 1.25.73
- Fixed Brave Shields appearing disabled even though enabled in certain cases
- Upgraded Chromium to 91.0.4472.106


Brave Browser 1.25.72
- Fixed Brave Shields not respecting per website settings
- Fixed $csp rules still being applied when Brave Shields has been disabled
- Upgraded Chromium to 91.0.4472.101


Brave Browser 1.25.70
- Implemented temporary workaround for U2F transport for Ledger devices


Brave Browser 1.25.68
Added:
- custom tip amounts to Brave Rewards
- the ability to publish a webpage to IPFS
- the ability to import local files to IPFS
- support for resolution of Unstoppable Domains with IPFS records via Ethereum
- support for “$csp” filter list rules in blocking engine

Fixed:
- estimated pending rewards not correctly reflecting claims
- Brave Rewards panel display for ipns:// pages
- handling of Brave Rewards disabled state for various P3A metrics

- Enabled logging of Brave Rewards errors by default
- Updated UI for selecting page elements to hide
- Updated UI for “My Node” button under brave://ipfs-internals
- Preserved ephemeral storage partitions for a few seconds to improve compatibility with some authentication flows
- Disabled additional parts of Google’s FLoC system
- Disabled FirstParty Sets
- Disabled Brave Rewards on ipfs:// pages
- Reduced BAT threshold before being able to verify Uphold two-way user wallet from 25 to 15 BAT
- Removed Wallet and IPFS from brave://settings page in Guest windows
- Removed “Make a call from” Chromium dialog for synced mobile devices
- Upgraded Chromium to 91.0.4472.77


Brave Browser 1.24.86
- Fixed crash when attempting to open brave://sync from the omnibox in a private or Tor window


Brave Browser 1.24.85
- Upgraded Chromium to 90.0.4430.212


Brave Browser 1.24.84
- Added bitFlyer two-way Brave Rewards wallet for Japan region


Brave Browser 1.24.82
Added:
- Brave Rewards notification when user has exceeded the wallet linking limit
- top level domain blocking in aggressive mode, to warn users before they visit sites suspected to be bounce trackers
- the ability to resolve IPFS links through “x-ipfs-path” and DNSLink values
- IPFS permission rule to expose chrome.ipfs API to extensions by request
- custom IPFS badge to ipfs:// and ipns:// pages
- “Don’t ask again” option to the default browser dialog

Security:
- Removed timestamp value from Wayback Machine query as reported on HackerOne by xiaoyinl
- Invalidated callback parameters on Wayback Machine query as reported on HackerOne by xiaoyinl
- Improved handling of reverse mapping for ipfs:// URLs
- Improved handling of reverse mapping for ipns:// URLs

- Implemented Brave Ads anti-targeting

Updated:
- rewards tipping banner UI to handle displaying decimal values when present for tips
- 5% fee for Brave Rewards tips to only attempt to contribute 3 times per browsing session
- URL bar icon flyout text for IPFS local node connections
- “Method to resolve IPFS resources” under brave://settings/ipfs to always have the “Local node” option
- certain UI elements to better interact with macOS accessibility settings

Fixed:
- crash which occurred when attempting to tweet after tipping in certain cases on Windows and Linu
- issue where active promotions could not be claimed if they were marked as “Over” on the client
- “Hide Brave Rewards” setting not working after using a private window
- issue where auto-contribute was enabled via the rewards widget on the New Tab Page
- issue where “Include in Auto-Contribute” toggle on rewards panel did not retain user selection in certain cases
- brave://ipfs loading blank page in certain cases
- IPFS links not opening from command line interface on Windows
- issue where local node was not stopped if another option was selected for “Method to resolve IPFS resources” under brave://settings/ipfs


Brave Browser 1.23.75
- Fixed “Estimated pending rewards” being temporarily reset to zero when server endpoint returns a non HTTP_OK status
- Upgraded Chromium to 90.0.4430.93


Brave Browser 1.23.73
- Updated handling of User Agent fingerprinting protections, including using Chrome’s frozen UA string on macOS
- Upgraded Chromium to 90.0.4430.85


Brave Browser 1.23.71
Added:
- the ability to customize the top site tiles on the New Tab Pag
- support for DNSLink resolution
- “Manage custom filters” option to right click context menu
- the ability to manually refresh status for verified creators in the rewards panel
- IPFS installation progress under brave://ipfs-internals
- “Maximum IPFS cache size (GB)” under brave://settings/ipfs
- RFC3986 support for IPFS
- node status errors under brave://ipfs-internals

- Implemented verifiable advertiser conversions for Brave Ads
- Improved Tor user experience by preventing an orphan Tor process
- Updated adblocking via right click context menu to be editable under the brave://adblock “Custom filters” section
- Upgraded Chromium to 90.0.4430.72

Fixed:
- statistical voting issue for auto-contribute which occurred in certain cases
- race condition which caused inconsistent wallet UI in the rewards panel
- crash reports not being uploaded on Linux
- CNAME adblocking breakage in certain cases
- ipfs:// background tabs not re-connecting on session restore in certain cases
- IPFS URI loading over 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost
- HTTP subresources being blocked on an IPFS page when shields are disabled
- Tor window being stuck in a disconnected state while Tor circuit is established
- “.onion” pages being opened in normal windows in certain cases


Brave Browser 1.22.72
- Upgraded Chromium to 89.0.4389.128


Brave Browser 1.22.71
- Upgraded Chromium to 89.0.4389.114


Brave Browser 1.22.70
- Fixed delay when opening DevTools in certain cases
- Upgraded Chromium to 89.0.4389.105


Brave Browser 1.22.66
- Added Ethereum Name Service (ENS) support
- Added Unstoppable Domains support
- Added support for Japanese content feed of Brave Today
- Added the ability to modify Brave Wallet settings under brave://settings/wallet
- Added the ability to modify IPFS settings under brave://settings/ipfs
- Added ipfs:// and ipns:// protocol associations
- Added retry logic to fetch IPFS pages if zero peers are available on session restore
- [Security] Improved handling of address bar display for ipfs:// and ipns:// URLs
- Implemented interstitial page for when “Method to resolve IPFS resources” is set to “Ask”
- Improved canvas fingerprinting protections
- Improved IPFS diagnostics page under brave://ipfs
- Enabled re-linking when Uphold wallet is connected to Brave Rewards
- Updated wording on Private, Tor, and Guest windows to clarify Tor connectivity
- Updated query filter to enabled or disabled using shields toggle
- Removed known Drip tracking parameters from URL
- Fixed “Estimated earnings so far this month” showing zero on the New Tab Page until the ads service has initialized
- Fixed CNAME adblocking breakage
- Fixed “Start” and “Stop” buttons under brave://ipfs to only show when applicable
- Fixed issue where Crypto Wallets could not be disabled and re-enabled without browser restart
- Fixed BrowserGuestModeEnabled policy not being respected


Brave Browser 1.21.77
- Updated the default number of ads per hour from 2 to 5 for new users and users who have not changed the “Maximum number of ads displayed” setting for Brave Ads
- Fixed crash on startup in certain cases due to stats ping being called before the profile is initialized
- Upgraded Chromium to 89.0.4389.90


Brave Browser 1.21.76
- Fixed ads service crashing when fetching estimated earnings via rewards widget under the New Tab Page
- Upgraded Chromium to 89.0.4389.86


Brave Browser 1.21.74
Fixed:
- the frequency of the default browser dialog being displayed when Brave is not set as the default browser
- ads incorrectly displaying on youtube in certain cases
- ads incorrectly displaying on reuters
- issue where some extensions did not work properly
- cosmetic filter not working


Brave Browser 1.21.73
- Added default browser dialog on first run for macOS and Linux
- Added ability to uninstall/disable the Widevine plugin via brave://settings/extensions (Muon parity
- Added settings panel to Brave Rewards onboarding tour
- Added “Peer ID” and “Version” under brave://ipfs
- Added “Repo Stats” under brave://ipfs
- Added support for overriding default network adblocking using custom exception rules in brave://adbloc
- Added additional padding to the new tab button
- [Security] Enabled Safe Browsing endpoint for extension block list
- Implemented cosmetic filters
- Enabled DNS-over-HTTPS UI on Linux
- Updated referral system to skip initialization when no referral code present
- Updated frequency to show Brave as default browser dialog when not already configured
- Updated User Agent farbling to add workers support
- Updated wording on Brave Rewards widget
- Removed known Olytics tracking parameters from URLs
- Removed known tracking parameter “wickedid” from URLs
- Fixed crash when clicking on profile icon in certain cases
- Fixed Monthly Statement showing incorrect month in drop down
- Fixed issue where “Estimated pending rewards” showed incorrect balance in certain cases
- Fixed regression which allowed some network requests initiated by service workers to bypass adblocking
- Fixed adblock rules not being applied to HTTP subresources of an IPFS page
- Fixed Brave Shields being disabled when using IPFS with local node
- Fixed ipfs:// background tabs not re-connecting on session restore in certain cases
- Fixed Binance widget and autocomplete always using “en” URLs for all locale
- Fixed issue where query parameters and fragments were removed from IPFS URLs
- Fixed Nightly shortcut opening the wrong version when there are multiple installations of Brave on Linu
- Upgraded Chromium to 89.0.4389.72


Brave Browser 1.20.110
- [Security] Fixed issue when visiting “.onion” URL in a normal window would cause DNS leak
- Fixed crash when opening “.onion” link in certain cases on Linux
- Fixed ledger process incorrectly starting when visiting certain sites
- Upgraded Chromium to 88.0.4324.192


Brave Browser 1.20.108
- [Security] Fixed DNS leak regression in Tor windows as reported on HackerOne by xiaoyinl
- [Security] Fixed ISP DNS leak when shields are enabled
- Removed “x-client-data” header from requests in certain cases
- Fixed crash when using OS zoom function on macOS in certain cases
- Fixed crash when using digital keyboard on macOS in certain cases
- Upgraded Chromium to 88.0.4324.182


Brave Browser 1.20.103
- Added extension support for Tor window
- Added “IPFS public gateway address” setting under brave://settings/extensions
- Added “Redirect IPFS resources to the configured IPFS gateway” setting under brave://settings/extensions
- [Security] Enabled Safety Tips component
- [Security] Removed connection to https://accounts.google.com when enabling Brave Sync
- [Security] Fixed Greaselion being enabled by default in private mode
- [Security] Fixed Crypto Wallets being enabled by default in private mode
- [Security] Fixed mixed content connections not being auto-upgraded when available
- [Security] Fixed Tor Onion-Location header issue as reported on HackerOne by Muneaki Nishimura
- Implemented onboarding tour for Brave Rewards
- Enabled Crowd Deny component
- Enabled Widevine component updater on Linu
- Updated macOS application icons
- Disabled Wayback Machine infobar on Wayback Machine URLs
- Removed unsupported components from brave://component
- Fixed webview crash on exiting brave://adblock in certain cases
- Fixed intermittent crash in Greaselion service on shutdown
- Fixed in-line tip buttons being displayed when the Brave Rewards icon is hidden
- Fixed inability to create sync chain due to leading and trailing whitespace in code words
- Fixed automatic update failing for Google components
- Fixed autoplay blocked indicator incorrectly being displayed in certain cases


Brave Browser 1.19.92
- Upgraded Chromium to 88.0.4324.152


Brave Browser 1.19.90
- Fixed accessibility crash which occurred on macOS in certain cases
- Fixed incorrect time being displayed on the New Tab Page in certain cases
- Upgraded Chromium to 88.0.4324.146


Brave Browser 1.19.88
- Added Apple entitlement for Chromium PWA suppor
- Added Ecosia to the default search engine list for several new regions
- Fixed not being able to play HBO Max content due to “kVideoPlaybackQuality” being disabled
- Fixed sponsored logo under New Tab Page being hidden on certain window sizes


Brave Browser 1.19.86
- Added native IPFS support
- Added Greaselion support for Twitch creators
- Added “Tabs from other devices” under brave://history when sync is enabled
- Updated pre-populated search engine list
- Updated visuals for both “New private window” and “New private window with Tor” to make it easier to distinguish between the two window
- Updated New Tab Page background images
- Updated Brave Rewards onboarding panel under brave://welcome
- Update referrer handling for better compatibility
- Updated directory path of admin policy on Linux
- Implemented ad conversion against the complete URL chain of trust
- Removed Chromium noscript dialog from the URL b
- Removed duplicate controls from brave://settings/newTab
- Replaced the “Add Card” tab under New Tab Page with sub-tab “Edit Cards”
- Fixed ad crash when refilling unblinded tokens after downloading catalog due to invalid blinded tokens
- Fixed ads not being displayed after restart if catalog fails to download but a previous catalog bundle exists
- Fixed fifth background image (yellow) not being used on tip banner
- Fixed clicking on “Open in Tor” button from Guest window does not connect to Tor network
- Fixed Tor crash in certain cases
- Fixed Tor not working when multiple profiles are opened at the same time
- Fixed open tabs not always being synced to other devices in sync chain
- Fixed autoplay dialog being displayed under URL bar if global content settings under brave://settings/content/autoplay is toggled
- Fixed brave://discards loading blank page
- Fixed incorrect number formatting for Crypto.com widget
- Fixed Brave Today intro card not being dismissed after being viewed
- Fixed Brave Today history scoring being limited to 100 items
- Fixed geolocations using the wrong endpoints in certain cases
- Upgraded Chromium to 88.0.4324.96


Brave Browser 1.18.78
- Upgraded Chromium to 87.0.4280.141


Brave Browser 1.18.77
- Added Arm64 support for macOS (Apple Silicon, M1 CPU)
- Fixed rewards panel not being translated in certain locales
- Fixed not being able to play HBO Max content due to “kVideoPlaybackQuality” being disabled
- Fixed not being able to play videos on https://www.imdb.com


Brave Browser 1.18.75
- Added QR code under brave://rewards for iOS devices
- Fixed issue where the New Tab Page was causing persistently higher CPU and GPU usage
- Fixed issue where the number of Brave Ads delivered per day was incorrectly being limited by the ads per hour selection


Brave Browser 1.18.70
- Added Brave Today news feed on the New Tab Page
- Added support for day-parting of Brave Ads
- Added P3A metrics for Brave Today
- Added P2A metrics in Brave Ads
- Added Greaselion support for Vimeo creators
- Added setting for “New tab page shows” under brave://settings/newTab
- Added protection against private browsing detection
- [Security] Added privacy notice to Uphold wallet linking modals
- Implemented the ability to remove other devices in a sync chain
- Implemented navigator.deviceMemory farbling
- Implemented Brave Rewards onboarding
- Implemented new panel design for monthly contributions
- Improved the display of custom background images in the Brave Rewards tipping banner
- Improved heuristic for determining first/third-party-ness of ads for default cosmetic filtering
- Improved contrast among tabs
- Enabled Global Privacy Control
- Updated default search engine to Yandex for new installations in certain regions
- Updated Brave Rewards extension to be non-persistent
- Updated error messaging on Brave Rewards tipping banners
- Updated macOS dock icons to be smaller
- Removed redundant rewards setting to address user confusion
- Removed Dapp detection for https://www.nytimes.com
- Fixed Crypto Wallet infobar incorrectly being displayed for Google Calendar and Gmail
- Fixed navigator.userAgent farbling not being applied in workers
- Fixed Canvas farbling in disconnected iframes
- Upgraded Chromium to 87.0.4280.101


Brave Browser 1.17.75
- Added “Don’t ask again” button under Crypto Wallet infobar
- Fixed menu items missing from bookmark context menu when using German locale
- Updated “Ad notifications received this month” text under brave://rewards to “Ads received this month”
- Upgraded Chromium to 87.0.4280.88


Brave Browser 1.17.73
- Added support for CNAME adblocking
- Added support for including New Tab Page Sponsored Image views in “Estimated pending rewards” and “Ad notifications received this month” for Brave Ads
- Added Greaselion support for Twitter creators
- Added Greaselion support for GitHub creators
- Added Greaselion support for Reddit creators
- Added promotion for Uphold Equities Card
- Added P3A metrics for the New Tab Page
- Added setting for “Cycle through the most recently used tabs with Ctrl-Tab” under brave://settings/appearance
- Improved user interface to make it easier to interact with “.onion” sites
- Improved top site tiles on the New Tab Page
- Improved Dapp detection so that it is not triggered on https://web.archive.org
- Implemented WebGL2 fingerprint farbling protections
- Implemented User Agent fingerprint farbling protections
- Updated design for Brave Rewards tipping banners
- Re-enabled Safe Browsing for downloads
- Removed Bitcoin.com widget from the New Tab Page
- Removed known user tracking parameter “_openstat” from query strings
- Fixed Greaselion race condition which caused the content-level tip button text to not display properly
- Fixed favicon for verified Twitter creators not being displayed correctly under the rewards panel
- Fixed inability to tip a creator from the rewards panel if content-level tips were disabled
- Fixed content-level tip button not displaying for the selected tweet on a Twitter thread
- Fixed Twitter handle not displaying correctly when tweeting about a tip in certain cases
- Fixed issue where tipping a user’s likes on Twitter would result in the incorrect Twitter handle being displayed in the tweet
- Fixed alignment of content-level tip button on certain GitHub pages
- Fixed content-level tip button not being displayed on certain GitHub pages
- Fixed landed confirmations being created without clicking on the Brave Ad notification
- Fixed issue where Brave Ad confirmations failed to migrate from older versions if Brave Ads were off in certain cases
- Fixed issue where WebGL shader API was incorrectly being blocked in certain cases
- Fixed issue where trackpad zoom on Google Maps was too sensitive
- Fixed certain maps not displaying properly
- Fixed incorrect initial display of bubble buttons from the URL bar
- Fixed “Customize Dashboard” tool tip text incorrectly being shown outside of the Customize Dashboard modal
- Fixed labels under brave://settings for consistency
- Upgraded Chromium to 87.0.4280.67


Brave Browser 1.16.76
- Upgraded Chromium to 86.0.4240.198


Brave Browser 1.16.75
- Changed HTTP error code Brave uses when blocking network request to better match what other browsers and tools expect, to increase compatibility with crowdsourced filter lists
- Upgraded Chromium to 86.0.4240.193


Brave Browser 1.16.72
- Fixed reCAPTCHA constantly being displayed when logging into certain websites
- Fixed fingerprinting issues in certain cases by reverting “navigator.deviceMemory”
- Fixed webview crash in certain cases by using proper origin
- Removed iOS QR code function from brave://rewards
- Upgraded Chromium to 86.0.4240.183


Brave Browser 1.16.68
- Added Crypto.com widget to the New Tab Page
- Added the ability to use 24-hour clock on the New Tab Pag
- Added QR code under brave://rewards for iOS devices
- Added Greaselion support for YouTube creator
- Added Auto-Contribute feature flag to Greaselion
- [Security] Fixed WebTorrent redirect issue as reported on HackerOne by d3f4u17
- [Security] Encrypted private wallet data preferences for Brave Reward
- Updated Startpage search to give attribution to Brave
- Updated Dapp detection script to be minified
- Updated Dapp detection to use window.ethereum
- Updated Brave Ads to automatically limit unwanted Brave Ads delivery
- Updated Tor to use an OS selected port numb
- Updated “Learn more” link under brave://settings/help which displays in certain cases on Windows
- Renamed “Web3 provider for using Dapps” to “Ethereum provider for using Dapps” under brave://settings/extensions
- Removed known email tracking parameters from Vero URLs
- Removed known tracking parameter “yclid” from URLs
- Removed intra-site requests from the query string filte
- Removed prompt to select Dapp provider when MetaMask is installed
- Removed login flow from Brave Rewards in certain cases when a KYC’d Uphold user wallet was previously connected
- Fixed issue where restoring a Brave Rewards wallet failed in certain cases
- Fixed breakage on sites that use “addthis” scripts in certain cases
- Fixed issue where long translations on the “Connect to Gemini” button for the Gemini widget did not display properly
- Fixed “Customize Dashboard” modal to remove unnecessary scroll bars


Brave Browser 1.15.76
- Upgraded Chromium to 86.0.4240.111


Brave Browser 1.15.75
- Fixed “Estimated pending rewards” and “Ad notifications received this month” not being updated even though ads are being displayed in certain cases
- Fixed fingerprint sensor option missing from WebAuthn on macOS
- Upgraded Chromium to 86.0.4240.99


Brave Browser 1.15.72
- Added Bitcoin.com widget to the New Tab Page
- [Security] Added rel=noopener to webtorrent links as reported on HackerOne by d3f4u17
- [Security] Fixed webtorrent file detection issue as reported on HackerOne by d3f4u17
- Fixed ad notifications being delivered when not enough unblinded tokens available
- Fixed rewards restore modal displaying “Please re-enter keys or try different keys.” error before entering keys
- Fixed “Trackers & Ads Blocking” setting not persisting after restarting Brave in some cases
- Fixed WebGL and OpenGL being disabled in Linux due to “libEGL.so” and “libGLESv2.so” missing from Brave package
- Upgraded Chromium to 86.0.4240.75


Brave Browser 1.14.84
- Implemented client ads pacing mechanism
- Upgraded Chromium to 85.0.4183.121


Brave Browser 1.14.81
- Implemented additional farbling protections for fingerprinters accessing CPU information
- Implemented additional farbling protections for fingerprinters accessing media hardware information
- Added “Event” tab under brave://rewards-internals to assist with rewards support
- Added metric to better calibrate availability of Brave ads
- Removed backup and restore notifications for verified wallet user
- Fixed Brave accepting TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 certificates without warning users
- Fixed WebRTC Web APIs being modified when fingerprinting protection is set to “strict”
- Fixed overlapping text on Uphold promotional card under brave://rewards
- Fixed Brave Ads intermittently crashing when clicking on thumbs up, thumbs down, opt-in, out-out, save ad and flag ad under “7-day Ads History”
- Fixed Brave Ads page classification scores from locally persisting in the diagnostic log
- Fixed purchase intent parent only segments blocking page classification parent segments
- Fixed crash on macOS when checking currently installed version in certain cases
- Fixed Gemini toggle appearing under brave://settings#newTab for unsupported regions
- Fixed not being able to authenticate and use the Google Keep extension
- Fixed not being able to authenticate and use the Google Calendar extensio
- Fixed not being able to automatically set Brave as the default browser Debian systems with Chrome
- Fixed Brave registering as Chromium instead of Brave under Pulseaudio


Brave Browser 1.13.86
- Fixed Brave Rewards service being associated to Tor profiles
- Fixed “setup.exe” not being signed
- Fixed Gemini widget being displayed in unsupported region(s)
- Fixed clicks not being registered on ad notifications in certain cases
- Upgraded Chromium to 85.0.4183.102


Brave Browser 1.13.82
- Added Gemini widget to the New Tab Page
- Added external wallet data to brave://rewards-internals page
- Added handler for 410 response code when rewards promotion expires
- Added the ability to update user models for Brave Ads via brave://components
- Added link to “Reset Brave Rewards data…” under brave://settings/clearBrowserData
- [Security] Added “Always Show Full URLs” setting under brave://settings/appearance to display the full URL in the address bar
- Enabled OS location service on Windows
- Improved general performance by not downloading Tor component until a New Private Window with Tor is first opened
- Updated brave://adblock to always reflect available regional adblock lists
- Updated global autoplay content setting under brave://settings/content/autoplay
- Implemented fingerprint farbling for Plugins
- Implemented new wallet API for Brave Rewards
- Disabled ability to retrieve rewards logs via brave://rewards-internals and removed existing logs
- Removed anonymous addresses from Uphold flow in rewards
- Removed all fingerprinting exceptions in shields
- Removed all referrer exceptions in shields
- Removed Brave Account branding for password storage
- Fixed issue where ad conversions would fail when a site uses pushState
- Fixed GitHub creators not being added to the auto-contribute table in Brave Rewards when the “Allow contribution to videos” setting was unchecked
- Fixed issue where promotions for rewards would show in the UI if they had expired
- Fixed clearing history from brave://settings/clearBrowserData not removing top site tiles from the New Tab Page
- Fixed menu display for widgets on the New Tab Page when translations exceeded a certain length
- Fixed issue where menu items did not work for the widgets on the New Tab Page in certain cases
- Fixed issue where “:style(…)” cosmetic filter rules for class selectors were not applied
- Fixed torrent and magnet link pages showing error message after browser restart
- Fixed New Tab Page performance issues on initial render
- Upgraded Chromium to 85.0.4183.83


Brave Browser 1.12.114
- [Security] Reduce logging as reported on HackerOne by hihouhou
- Upgraded Chromium to 84.0.4147.135


Brave Browser 1.12.112
Added:
- Sync v2
- support for state level ads delivery
- the ability to reset Brave Rewards.
- 25 BAT threshold before being able to verify Uphold two-way user wallet
- the ability for users to disconnect a pending Uphold user wallet from Brave Rewards
- the ability to import payment methods from Chrome
- farbling for WebGL API when “Fingerprinting blocking” is set to “strict”
- support for “$generichide” adblock rules under brave://adblock
- the date of installation to the stats ping
- “x-brave-api-key” to the stats ping
- Enabled the “prefetch-privacy-changes” flag by default under brave://flags
- Improved web compatibility by changing behavior of local and session storage in third-party frames to not throw an exception when storage is blocked

Updated:
- pre-populated search engine list
- referrer policy to improve privacy and prevent web compatibility issues
- canvas maximum farbling to match balanced farbling
- token options for purchase on Binance widget when “.us” is selected
- the “Look & Feel” section under brave://settings/shields
- the labels on the “Learn more” view of shields
- the bookmarks bar on the New Tab Page to show even if there are no bookmarks when the “Always show bookmarks on New Tab page” setting is enabled under brave://settings/appearance
- the backup and restore modal text for Brave Rewards
- the close icon on the Brave Rewards notification which indicates that your wallet is unreachable
- Reduced size and improved performance of the publisher list for Brave Rewards
- Reduced the frequency at which promotions are fetched for rewards
- Removed the “Remote Debugging” setting under brave://settings/privacy
- Upgraded Chromium to 84.0.4147.125

Fixed:
- crash with Canvas API in certain cases
- crash with BraveSessionCache in certain cases
- crash with Brave Ads when opening a new tab in certain cases
- issue where “Bat Ledger Service” was running when Brave Rewards was not enabled
- issue where “Bat Ads Service” was running when Brave Ads were not enabled
- issue where auto-contribute wouldn’t process if contributions were to be made to more than four verified creators
- state level ads being shown on versions without support for state level ads delivery
- wallet summary display on brave://rewards to better accommodate three decimal places
- ads state being removed when Brave Ads are disabled
- “Estimated pending rewards” not being refreshed after claiming an ad grant
- web compatibility issue with https://crio.do/ on Windows
- Firebase authentication not working with default shield settings
- issue where Gmail image signatures were not loading
- display issue where URL bar background color did not change in private mode when dark theme was enabled


Brave Browser 1.11.104
- Upgraded Chromium to 84.0.4147.105


Brave Browser 1.11.101
- [Security] Filtered sensitive information from brave://rewards-internals logs
- [Security] Added disclaimer to brave://rewards-internals page
- Fixed issue where browser would freeze on launch in certain case
- Fixed crash with Wayback Machine info bar in certain cases


Brave Browser 1.11.97
Added:
- an infobar to indicate that sync v2 is coming if sync v1 is currently enabled
- “aggressive” setting for “Trackers & ads blocked” which applies cosmetic filters to first-party ads
- ability to import history from Safari on macOS
- country code to ad confirmation calls for certain countries
- priority support for Brave Ads
- ability to view and download server error logs for Brave Rewards under brave://rewards-internals to improve rewards debugging
- date of contributions under brave://rewards-internals to assist with rewards support
- contribution history under brave://rewards-internals to assist with rewards support
- support for fingerprint WebAuthn on macOS
- keyboard accessibility to the Binance widget on the New Tab Page

- [Security] Fixed issue where WebTorrent URL was rewritten when redirect URL was not http:// or https:// as reported on HackerOne by xhzeem
- [Security] Fixed issue where private window autocomplete data could leak to normal window

Updated:
- design for “Customize Dashboard” modal on the New Tab Page to support more options
- Brave Rewards to display BAT values to three decimal places
- user model for page classifications for Brave Ads
- Brave Rewards to only use first name for Uphold user wallets
- favicons for certain brave:// internal pages
- favicon on brave://bookmarks tab
- labels and drop down values on brave://settings/shields for consistency
- fingerprinting blocking levels to be “strict”, “standard”, or “disabled”

Implemented:
- additional Canvas API fingerprint farbling protections
- Web Audio API fingerprint farbling protections
- additional WebGL API fingerprint protections

- Migrated Brave Rewards settings from JSON to preferences
- Migrated data from ledger_state to preferences for Brave Rewards

Removed:
- Brave autoplay exceptions
- unnecessary balance API calls from Brave Rewards
- retry logic for auto-contribute if auto-contribute or Brave Rewards is disabled
- known user tracking parameters from Doubleclick query strings
- known email tracking parameters from HubSpot URLs
- GUID and ENV fields from crash reports
- Sync from brave://settings in Guest windows

Fixed:
- crash with brave://settings/content in certain cases
- immediate crash after upgrading in certain cases
- issue where ads were not shown in certain cases due to confirmations not being initialized when joining rewards
- issue where ad confirmations were initialized on clean profile prior to joining rewards
- rewards balance appearing as “0.0 BAT” in certain cases
- issue where ad conversions would fail after a creative had expired
- “Ads notifications received this month” incrementing for confirmation types other than view
- saved passwords not being listed under brave://settings/passwords in certain cases
- non-critical memory issue related to farbling and fingerprint randomization
- issue where brave://components updates required a browser restart
- DuckDuckGo toggle change not being reflected in a Guest window

- Upgraded Chromium to 84.0.4147.89


Brave Browser 1.10.97
- Upgraded Chromium to 83.0.4103.116


Brave Browser 1.10.95
- Fixed cosmetic scriptlets not being injected in iframes


Brave Browser 1.10.93
- Removed proxy for download of Widevine component
- Fixed issue where auto-contribute could be re-enabled in certain cases
- Upgraded Chromium to 83.0.4103.106


Brave Browser 1.10.90
Added:
- the ability to view promotions information on brave://rewards-internals page
- balance information on brave://rewards-internals to improve rewards debugging
- ability to import from Chrome while Chrome is still running
- a new proxy endpoint for remote debugging and enabled by default under brave://settings/privacy

- Improved general performance by lazy loading Brave Crypto Wallets
- Improved privacy by extending farbling protection for several other API surfaces
- Replaced “HTTPS Upgrades” with “Bandwidth saved” under the New Tab Page
- Disabled Wayback Machine for “.onion” URLs
- Disabled tab hover cards for Windows and Linux by default
- Removed the Binance widget toggle for Japan and OFAC countries from customize dashboard under the New Tab Page
- Upgraded Chromium to 83.0.4103.97

Fixed:
- to only send tokens that have not been redeemed during the claim process
- low resolution favicons on rewards panel and contribution table
- to only add jitter for Brave Ads token redemption when creating the timestamp
- themes from Chrome Web Store not working when switching between light and dark themes
- incorrect changelog URL on macOS
- software update dialog on macOS displaying raw HTML in the release notes box
- display issue where Brave Rewards and Binance widget menus go off screen on certain window widths
- assets in the Binance widget summary under the New Tab Page appearing as clickable
- content under the Crypto Wallets welcome screen not fully visible on smaller window sizes
- skip button missing on YouTube ads when shields are disabled
- display issue where clock widget menu goes off the screen on certain window widths


Brave Browser 1.9.80
- Fixed default setting for “Show Brave suggested sites in autocomplete suggestions” to be off under brave://settings/appearance


Brave Browser 1.9.76
- Removed bookmark icon from top site tiles on the New Tab Page
- Fixed notifications not working on WordPress sites
- Fixed to allow cookies in first-party iframes nested inside third-party iframes when third-party cookie blocking is enabled
- Fixed to allow storage in first-party iframes regardless of the relative parents of that first-party iframe
- Fixed stats ping not being sent for users who updated to 1.9.72
- Fixed unsuccessful login to the Binance widget after creating a new account


Brave Browser 1.9.72
Added:
- the ability to opt-in to user private Brave ads for over 150 new regions
- platform and build channel to ad confirmation calls
- settings to disable top sites and Brave suggested sites in address bar autocomplete under brave://settings/appearance
- ability to modify New Tab Page settings under brave://settings/newTab
- support for web compatibility scriptlet injections that can modify window attributes
- retry logic for referral program promotion code
- P3A metric for search volume

Fixed:
- Brave not using OS locale and language settings as the default on Windows
- incorrect or no publisher data being displayed on the rewards panel in certain cases when using Twitter
- intermittent crash in confirmations
- inability to enable Brave ads if regional format is set to “English (Europe)” on Windows
- converted ads still being displayed in certain cases
- ad notification timeout timers not being cancelled in certain cases
- Brave ad campaign startAt and endAt times using local time instead of UTC

- Updated P3A metric responses for window count
- Updated P3A metric responses for bookmark count
- Removed content-level tip button on GitHub org pages


Brave Browser 1.8.96
- May ads payout recovery
- Implement pagination for publisher list


Brave Browser 1.8.95
- Fixed Memo ID and wallet address not being displayed for applicable assets in the Binance widget
- Fixed stablecoins not being included in the wallet balance total for the Binance widget
- Upgraded Chromium to 81.0.4044.138


Brave Browser 1.8.90
- Added Memo ID for applicable assets in the Binance widget
- [Security] Fixed an out-of-bound read crash in the renderer process
- Fixed incorrect Safe Browsing label in brave://settings/privacy
- Fixed deposit addresses and QR codes not being displayed for all assets in the Binance widget
- Fixed inability to toggle off referral background images on brave://settings/themes


Brave Browser 1.8.86
- Added Binance widget to the New Tab Page
- Added support for referral background images and top sites on the New Tab Page
- Added the ability to import extensions from Chrome
- Added “Customize” text to the New Tab Page dashboard settings icon
- Enhanced privacy by farbling convertToBlob
- Updated text for “Device recognition” to “Fingerprinting” on Brave Shields panel and brave://settings/shields
- Updated category text on ads history panel from “untargeted” to “general”
- Improved publisher list load time
- Improved top site tiles on the New Tab Page
- Switched from “Prebake Cookie” to “Easylist Cookie” list
- Removed ability to import data from legacy Brave (muon)
- Removed autoplay allow list to match Chromium behavior
- Disabled ScrollToTextFragment
- Fixed Brave ads server retry logic running into an infinite loop in certain cases causing performance issues
- Fixed issue where attention percentage would display as zero on rewards panel
- Fixed inability to import passwords from Chrome on Windows
- Fixed crash when enabling IPFS on Linux
- Fixed multiple web compatibility issues related to fingerprinting protection
- Fixed inability to use Twitter in certain cases when “Cross-site cookies blocked” is selected from Brave Shields
- Fixed missing translation on the New Tab Page title
- Upgraded Chromium to 81.0.4044.129


Brave Browser 1.7.98
- Removed monthly statements for Brave Rewards prior to February 2020
- Fixed certain websites not being classified correctly for Brave ads
- Fixed retry logic for bad or duplicate Brave ad confirmations
- Upgraded Chromium to 81.0.4044.113


Brave Browser 1.7.92
- Added monthly statements for Brave Reward
- Added purchase intent classifier for Brave ads
- Added P3A metric for default search engine
- Added a new proxy endpoint for location service
- Added the ability to hide Brave Shields activity count
- Added new wallpaper images for New Tab Page
- Added ability to access extension keyboard shortcuts from brave://settings/extensions
- [Security] Added auto-upgrade of mixed content connections where available
- Enhanced privacy by randomizing HTML canvas fingerprints by first-party domain
- Changed rewards publisher list fetch interval from 1 day to every 3 days
- Reduced the frequency of showing the same ad notification to users opted into Brave Ads
- Removed the ability for an Uphold connected, non-KYC’d user wallet to tip and perform auto-contribute within Brave Rewards
- Removed broken translate button once the Google Translate extension has been installed
- Enabled DNS-over-HTTPS upgrades when possible
- Enabled cosmetic filtering by default
- Re-enabled WebXR by default
- Re-enabled Other Bookmarks
- Disabled Reporting API
- Disabled Wayback Machine on localhost
- Renamed “Site Settings” to “Site and Shields Settings” under brave://settings/privacy
- Fixed copying brave:// results in pasting chrome://
- Fixed ad notifications not being displayed under Windows due to Brave not being added into Windows “Notifications & actions” settings
- Fixed ESC key not closing the tip banner after tipping
- Fixed rewards panel not resizing properly in certain cases
- Fixed CAPTCHA targets not being fully shown on rewards panel in certain cases
- Fixed favicon display issue on brave://rewards page
- Fixed monthly contributions not being reflected on Brave Rewards widget
- Fixed notification icon incorrectly displaying on rewards icon in URL bar after claiming grants from rewards panel
- Fixed incorrect message being displayed on panel and tip banner in certain cases
- Fixed persistent Brave ads service errors on startup
- Fixed embedded maps not loading on certain websites by adding fingerprinting exception for both https://public.tableau.com and https://www.arcgis.com
- Fixed sync crash when multiple bookmarks have the same object id
- Fixed several cases where sync would hang the browser
- Fixed ad service crash when migrating to new database
- Fixed extra whitespace on https://www.dia.net.au
- Fixed widget remove option on New Tab Page using light theme when dark theme was selected
- Fixed “Show Sponsored Images” toggle being reset from off to on when re-enabling “Show Background Image”
- Fixed shields defaulting to advanced view by default for new profiles
- Fixed shields settings not being cleared via brave://settings/clearBrowserData dialog when selecting time range other than “All time”
- Fixed custom adblock rules not allowing cosmetic filters
- Fixed Widevine not working without a page refresh in certain cases
- Fixed brave://wallet alias not being displayed in URL when looking up ENS or suspicious websites in certain cases
- Added promotion for Tap Network (US only)


Brave Browser 1.5.123
- Upgraded Chromium to 80.0.3987.163


Brave Browser 1.5.122
- Upgraded Chromium to 80.0.3987.162


Brave Browser 1.5.115
- Fixed CPU/performance issues in certain cases


Brave Browser 1.5.113
- Upgraded Chromium to 80.0.3987.149


Brave Browser 1.5.112
- Added ad conversion attribution for Brave ads
- Added ability for websites to determine if browser is Brave
- Improved compatibility with MetaMask and allow web3 provider selection
- Improved fingerprinting privacy by removing “navigator.deviceMemory”
- Removed reference to star icon used to bookmark pages under the bookmark manager
- Updated top sites background from translucent to opaque under New Tab Page
- Updated text in the “Ads” panel under brave://rewards
- Fixed favorites and bookmarks not importing from Safari
- Fixed intermittent crash if ad confirmations library is called before being instantiated
- Fixed 5% fee for Brave Rewards not always being sent when multiple tips are sent in quick succession
- Fixed all confirmation types such as viewed, clicked and dismissed being counted towards the ads per hour limit
- Fixed incorrect message being displayed on panel and tip banner in certain cases
- Fixed duplicate ads entries not being added into “7-day Ads History” in brave://rewards
- Fixed incorrect color being used for the “thumbs up” icon in “7-day Ads History” under brave://rewards
- Fixed PDFium displaying “Brave Software Drive” in the “Save as PDF” modal
- Fixed shields content should be specific to the page that the shields panel is opened from
- Fixed shields warning not visible when changing between advanced vs simple view while using dark theme
- Fixed “brave-browser.list” being removed on Linux whenever upgrading Brave


Brave Browser 1.4.96
- No audio output in Google Meet (blocked by autoplay)
- Application crashes when calculating the winning page classification category
- Buttons on top tiles removed message needs padding
- Duplicate sync object id of bookmarks
- Wayback machine feature should be disabled in Tor windows or use Tor
- Upgrade from Chromium 80.0.3987.122 to Chromium 80.0.3987.132


Brave Browser 1.4.95
Added:
- the ability to look up an archived page using the Wayback Machine
- option in brave://settings to disable Tor component

Updated:
- order of certain items on the hamburger menu
- theme selection to be per install instead of per profile

Fixed:
- sync crash in certain cases
- ads history being limited to 99 entries
- ads history entries not being displayed in reverse chronological order
- ads history showing incorrect date on Linux
- multiple landed confirmations being created in certain cases
- broken formatting of monthly contributions on brave://rewards for some locales
- rewards notification icon not being shown on verified publisher sites
- extensions being blocked when verifying Brave Rewards wallet
- “too many redirects” error caused by Brave’s user-agent
- P3A toggle selection not being respected in all open windows

Upgraded:
- Chromium to 80.0.3987.122


Brave Browser 1.3.118
- Added flag under brave://flags to re-enable sync
- Improved P3A metrics for wallet states
- Reduced interval between P3A pings from 1 hour to 1 minute
- Fixed tokens not being successfully unblinded in certain cases leading to reduced balances
- Fixed sync crash when re-creating a new sync chain
- Fixed three consecutive sync updates will result in data deletion
- Fixed sync crash in certain cases
- Fixed incorrect Terms of Service link being used during onboarding and the rewards panel
- Upgraded Chromium to 80.0.3987.116


Brave Browser 1.3.115
- Fixed several crashes and stability issues by temporarily disabling sync


Brave Browser 1.2.43
- Upgraded Chromium to 79.0.3945.130


Brave Browser 1.2.42
- Change log not available for this version<