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Disable WebTorrent handling in Brave by default #44303

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jamesmudgett opened this issue Feb 27, 2025 · 0 comments · May be fixed by brave/brave-core#27876
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Disable WebTorrent handling in Brave by default #44303

jamesmudgett opened this issue Feb 27, 2025 · 0 comments · May be fixed by brave/brave-core#27876
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feature/settings feature/webtorrent Label for webtorrent related issues OS/Desktop priority/P4 Planned work. We expect to get to it "soon". QA/Yes release-notes/include

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jamesmudgett commented Feb 27, 2025

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See brave/brave-core#27876

Description

Set to Chromium default behavior by default. Today, Brave assumes handling of .torrent and magnet links through our own WebTorrent UI. It's an older integration that has limitations including concurrent downloads and will require a larger refactor in the future.

Brave Settings>Extensions>WebTorrent should be set to OFF

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Download .torrent or click a magnet link

Actual result

Opens in Brave or downloaded via built-in torrent downloader

Expected result

Should fallback to default Chromium behavior to download via Downloads or open in supported app (magnet link).

Reproduces how often

Easily reproduced

Brave version (brave://version info)

All

Channel information

  • release (stable)
  • beta
  • nightly

Reproducibility

  • with Brave Shields disabled
  • with Brave Rewards disabled
  • in the latest version of Chrome

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@jamesmudgett jamesmudgett added feature/webtorrent Label for webtorrent related issues OS/Desktop labels Feb 27, 2025
@bsclifton bsclifton self-assigned this Feb 27, 2025
bsclifton added a commit to brave/brave-core that referenced this issue Feb 28, 2025
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@rebron rebron moved this to In progress in Settings Feb 28, 2025
@rebron rebron added the priority/P4 Planned work. We expect to get to it "soon". label Feb 28, 2025
bsclifton added a commit to brave/brave-core that referenced this issue Mar 1, 2025
bsclifton added a commit to brave/brave-core that referenced this issue Mar 1, 2025
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