Disable remote debugging

[pilgrim-brave]

Developer Tools window has support for "remote debugging" feature when you plug in a mobile phone.

Google's public feature documentation: https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/remote-debugging/

The feature requires downloading files from Google servers.

At a minimum, the download should be blocked. Better if we can disable the entire feature altogether. Even better if we can remove the files from the build.

[Moulde]

FYI: Remote debugging can also be used to debug javascript in visual studio code or most other editors i guess. So is's not only used for mobile devices.

[ahrherrera]

This feature is needed if developer who works with apps, so Brave is not developer friendly.

I am changing back to Google Chrome because of this.

[IanBoyte]

This is a critical tool and an absolute dealbreaker.

[neuronetio]

Please bring back this feature 😢

[nicholasengleman]

This is also breaks the Lighthouse Audit in dev tools. Perhaps do some research on a integral component of dev tools before removing it?

[salmankhilji]

Show stopper for me. Please bring this feature back.

[linearza]

Just ran into this as well, what is the motivation behind this move? Will have to switch to Chrome because of this as well.

Seems like its being re-enabled behind a flag:
brave/brave-core#4044

[bsclifton]

@linearza I believe because when enabled, it does reach out to Google services

And yup- work is done; going through code review + security review now 😄

[kitsunekyo]

this is the only but deal-breaking issue that prevents me (and all other devs i know) to use brave as main browser. let the user decide for an opt-in instead.

[bsclifton]

@kitsunekyo it is now enable-able in versions 1.2 and higher. Per our release schedule, 1.2 is scheduled to ship today on Release channel

You can find the Enable remote debugging option under brave://settings/privacy

[patrikniebur]

Would be useful to have message on the devtool if it's not enabled. Currently I get 404 page when I try to access remote development and it's not enabled.
OSX:
Version 1.8.96 Chromium: 81.0.4044.138 (Official Build) (64-bit)

[bsclifton]

@patrikniebur thanks to work by @jumde this will be enabled by default in versions 1.10 and later (currently on Beta). This should make a big difference for folks 😄

[slashwhatever]

@kitsunekyo it is now enable-able in versions 1.2 and higher. Per our release schedule, 1.2 is scheduled to ship today on Release channel

You can find the Enable remote debugging option under brave://settings/privacy

Any idea why I don't see this flag in my privacy settings?

Brave: v1.44.112

[szofar]

Also missing for me. How am I supposed to gather HAR files to help a site fix their Brave compatibility?

[agzam]

Wah... that is so stupid to disable this feature completely and not even let people to enable it through the hidden flags or whatever. What a shame. Even fucking Opera has it. My guess is that Brave developers themselves don't even use their own fucking browser. I'm honestly so tired of these kind of "improvements", this might be finally the last straw that makes me abandon it for good.