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Brave Browser Won't load Whatsapp web.

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Description WhatsApp Web will not load anymore. The QR code never shows.

Steps to Reproduce https://web.whatsapp.com Actual result: image

Expected result: Opens WhatsApp Web.

Reproduces how often: Every time.

Brave version (brave://version info)

Brave 0.70.97 Chromium: 77.0.3865.65 (Official Build) beta (64-bit)
Revision 87a331a3169cab563505fb44011058b904011ba1-refs/branch-heads/3865@{#726}
OS Windows 10 OS Version 1809 (Build 17763.678)
JavaScript V8 7.7.299.10
Flash (Disabled)
User Agent Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/77.0.3865.65 Safari/537.36

Version/Channel Information: Can you reproduce this issue with the current release? yes Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel? Not Sure. Can you reproduce this issue with the dev channel? Not Sure. Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel? Yes. 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? No.

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 4 years ago
  • Comments:14 (1 by maintainers)

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1reaction
rebroncommented, Mar 4, 2020

I tried on 1.4.95 on Windows and 1.7.40 on macOS and I’m able to see the QR code with shields up and was able to login properly.

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dingopcommented, Feb 14, 2021

The QR Code is not loading fully. This is still an issue. After sometime, you get a message "click to reload QR code version: V1.20.103

Somehow, after a restart, I tried again. It seems to be working now.

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