Losing Brave Browser passwords when upgrading to LM 22.1

[Halvor Raknes]

I have just upgraded to LM 22.1 xfce and I am having to re-install Brave Browser, which I do with the command, curl -fsS https://dl.brave.com/install.sh | sh. I find out that my configs aren't in the right place since tabs and passwords are gone. I locate the backup of all ~900 MB of Brave config files and get them into the right place. Now I get all my active tabs back (and I assume history and bookmarks as well, haven't checked yet). But the issue is passwords. Even though I entered my password upon starting Brave my password list is empty (I also notice that spell-checking isn't working, maybe unrelated). So why are my passwords gone? What can I do?

 

[PuppyHome]

In your Brave backups there should be a CSV file somewhere. That file contains your passwords.

If you rally want to save passwords in your browser export those from time to time to another location (USB drive, different folder) so you can recover them later if necessary.

 

[KGIII]

I found this. It is from two days ago.

All Passwords Deleted!

@Akero well, long and short of it is that if anything happens to corrupt OSCrypt. It uses your keychain to handle passwords. Often when people report it’s “deleted” as you are, they are actually still in the User Data folder but can’t be fetched due to the loss of the encryption key. It’s been...

community.brave.com

I only use Brave on my phone and for watching YouTube. So, that's the only 'help' I can offer.

 

[tinfoil-hat]

Probably a good time to start using Password Managers

 

[Condobloke]

This will be related to the " Authentication required. The login keyring in Linux did not get unlocked when you logged in" ....
which brave has been having for a long time. That remains unsolved to this day and is the primary reason I gave up on brave

Passwords: Do not trust your passwords to any browser......none of them.

Use a decent password manager....or write them all in a book

Bitwarden does a decent job of keeping them safe


Brave has dropped the ball recently, (recently being the last couple of years)
They have a great deal of work to do, to bring their browser back in line with users expectations.

 

[bob466]

When I do a clean install (never upgrade)...my Passwords are written in an exercise book and my Bookmarks are saved as HTML...this is done for all Browsers.