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Unable to exit Speedreader mode/disable Speedreader

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Description

Unable to exit Speedreader mode/disable Speedreader

Steps to Reproduce

  1. new profile
  2. launch Brave
  3. load https://www.reuters.com/technology/cryptocurrencies-selloff-widens-bitcoin-down-nearly-4-ether-6-2021-09-07/
  4. click on the Reader Mode icon in the URL bar
  5. click to enable Speedreader
  6. now, click on the Speedreader icon again

Expected:

The page exits Speedreader/Reader Mode, and returns to “full” HTML mode rendering

Screen Shot 2021-09-07 at 6 14 17 PM

Actual:

Even though it appears I’ve toggled reader mode to Off/Disabled, it persists for this tab

Screen Shot 2021-09-07 at 6 13 48 PM

Reproduces how often:

100%

Brave version (brave://version info)

Brave 1.31.27 Chromium: 93.0.4577.63 (Official Build) nightly (x86_64)
Revision ff5c0da2ec0adeaed5550e6c7e98417dac77d98a-refs/branch-heads/4577@{#1135}
OS macOS Version 11.5.2 (Build 20G95)

/cc @keur

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 2 years ago
  • Comments:5 (3 by maintainers)

github_iconTop GitHub Comments

1reaction
keurcommented, Sep 10, 2021

Test Plan

Ensure the per-site toggle works as expected. Thanks @stephendonner !

1reaction
keurcommented, Sep 10, 2021

Added release-notes/exclude since this bug hasn’t made it out of nightly.

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