[BUG] Default search engine setting resets after update

[Sh1d0w]

Description

If you set a default search engine different from google, after Brave browser updates it resets this setting to google.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install Brave
2. Set default search engine to duckduckgo
3. Update Brave to newer version

Expected result:

Default search engine to stay as set before the update

Reproduces how often:

Every time

Brave version (about:brave info)

Version 0.55.2 Chromium: 70.0.3528.4 (Official Build) dev (64-bit)

[bbondy]

@srirambv could you try this on the next update? @Sh1d0w let me know if it keeps happening on each update too. Thanks!

[simonhong]

I didn't see this bug with recent update on MacOS and Win10.

[Sh1d0w]

@bbondy The bug was present when updating to 0.55.2, but it seems fixed on 0.55.3.

Closing, Thanks!

[bbondy]

I think it could be something like a shutdown crash so settings aren't flushed.

[Sh1d0w]

@bbondy Now that you are saying that, I remember shortly after installed and used it for a while it really crashed but I haven't noticed that settings haven't saved, as the update came right the next day.

Btw the new Brave Browser is great, solves a lot of the problems I have reported before and made me come back. Great work!