#Unable to save passwords in chrome install
#Unable to save passwords in chrome password

Finally, lets kill that last bird! Log out of your system profile again, then log back in.

You should now have the login/password data you exported appear in the list of saved passwords.

After Brave (Release) relaunches, go to Settings -> Autofill -> Passwords and click the “more options” icon – select the new Import option and choose the.

Make sure you relaunch the browser when prompted.

Type brave://flags into the address bar and search for a flag labeled #passwordImport and enable it.

Save it somewhere easily accessible, then open your original Brave version you had on your machine (Release build).

This will export any saved passwords to your system as a.

With the newly installed Brave open to the Passwords list, click the “more options” icon on the right, then Export:.

#Unable to save passwords in chrome password

If you find yourself at this point, before moving to step five, attempt to save another password in Brave (repeat steps 2 and 3) but this time, do not logout of your System profile and move on to step five instead. This is one bird – we now know that it’s not specific to your browsing profile and points to Chromium and/or keychain issues as you mentioned before. You’re likely encountering the same issue you came here to report in the new version of Brave you downloaded.

If the password does not appear after system login/logout:.

If the password still appears in the list after system logout/login:.

Open the Brave version you just downloaded and added the password to, return to Settings -> Autofill -> Passwords.

Now logout of your mac’s system profile then log back in.

Stop the test and let me know – this means there’s some other shenanigans going on that this test won’t tell us.

If the password is saved at this point :.

Go to Settings -> Autofill -> Passwords and check to see if the credentials just saved show up in the list of saved passwords.

When asked to save he password for the site, do so.Once installed, visit a website that requires username/password authentication.

#Unable to save passwords in chrome install

Download and install either Brave Beta, Developer, or Nightly builds on your machine – which one isn’t particularly important for the purposes of this test.

Any/all Brave versions run in parallel with one another, so you don’t need to worry about overwriting or losing data in your already installed version. Since the test requires another browser, if you’re willing, I’d like to suggest downloading a different Brave build (links below). If you look at the keychain on your system, do you see passwords saved from Brave here?įirst, to dot the T’s, ensure that you have the following options enabled in Settings -> Autofillįor this test, we’re going to try and kill two birds with one stone. I have a question and a potential solution to the situation: However, that tracks pretty well with the behavior. This issue has cropped up previously and seemingly for different reasons other than system password reset. The fix for this is to delete my profile, but I’d prefer not to have to do that every time I change my you for reaching out – and for the very detailed report. The first time was on the Chrome browser for OS X though, so it makes me think it’s an inherent issue in Chrome/Chromium. I would note that this is the second time my saved passwords disappeared since changing my OS X password. Operating System and Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu):īrave Version: Version 0.67.124 Chromium. Click “Save Password”Īctual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!):Ĭredentials should be autofilled and show up in Password section of settingsĬredentials are neither auto-filled or show up in password section of settings (also continually asks you if you want to “Save Password” on sites you already clicked “Save” on

Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. I still get prompted to “Save Password” every time but it never saves them. Description of the issue: Ever since I changed my password for my OS X account all of my saved passwords in Brave have disappeared.