Brave 1.83.109 [Update]

Brave Browser is a lightning-fast, secure web browser that stands out from the competition with its focus on privacy, security, and speed. With features like HTTPS Everywhere and built-in tracker blocking, Brave keeps your online activities safe from prying eyes. Brave is one of the safest browsers on the market today. It blocks third-party data storage. It protects from browser fingerprinting. And it does all this by default.

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Brave 1.83.108 changelog:

Web3

• Added a warning message to “Sign Permit” requests. (#48900)
• Updated “Transaction” list to be virtualized. (#49576)
• Updated UI to display “DApp Radar” information if a DApp can be verified. (#47884)
• Updated Brave Wallet Admin policy. (#47458)
• Fixed domain text not wrapping in the “Connections” panel. (#48748)
• Fixed “Forgot to save? Go back” button routing during recovery phrase backup. (#48174)

Leo

• Added memory management tool for adding memories in Brave Leo UI during conversations. (#47982)
• Added support for drag and drop for Brave Leo image attachments. (#48120)
• Added support for pasting images into Brave Leo. (#46468)
• Added support for uploading PDFs as an attachment into Brave Leo. (#48151)
• Moved model selector to input box. (#48381)
• Resized Brave Leo slash tools icon. (#48435)
• Updated Brave Leo to allow context menu in the sidebar. (#48177)

General

• Added list descriptions to the “Filter lists” displayed in brave://settings/shields/filters. (#48694)
• [Security] Updated split view to respect SameSite attribute as reported on HackerOne by mingijung. (#47642)
• [Security] Removed incorrectly elided URL from shields panel as reported on HackerOne by apapedulimu. (#48313)
• Increased number of custom New Tab Page background images a user can upload from 24 to 48 images. (#47928)
• Updated the New Tab Page design (being rolled out in phases using Griffin starting at 15%). (#41483)
• Updated the navigation bar styling for settings, history, bookmarks, and downloads. (#47931)
• Updated split view to show 3 dots menu at the bottom of each split view tab. (#48984)
• Disabled WebRTC in Tor windows as reported on HackerOne by robert_min1. (#48051)
• Removed 7-day lifetime-capping for JavaScript cookies. (#48063)
• Removed from the query string filter one campaign-level parameter and added four potentially user-identifying parameters. (#47387, #48226, & #48228)
• Fixed brave://settings/system/shortcuts displaying shortcuts for items which are disabled by Admin policy. (#47455)
• Fixed Tor windows being mentioned in Private Windows when Tor is disabled via Admin policy. (#7921)
• Fixed misalignment of search icon on Private Windows. (#48073)
• Fixed active tab colors not changing according to theme. (#48431)
• Upgraded Chromium to 141.0.7390.55. (#49783)

Brave 1.83.109 fixes:

• Fixed crash on launch which occurred in certain cases due to a missing “setting” value for the “cosmeticFiltering” key in the “Preference” file.

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