brave-browser: HuffPost website stuck in infinite reload when using Shields

Description

The HuffPost website sends the user in an infinite loop of reloads when Shields is enabled.

Steps to Reproduce

Ensure that Brave Shields is enabled.
Accept the consent form.
Go to HuffPost.com or some article on the website.

Actual result

The user is sent to the front page even when an article is visited. The page then keeps refreshing itself every second or so.

Expected result

The page is loaded eventually.

Reproduces how often

Easily reproduced

Brave version (brave://version info)

Brave     0.62.51 Chromium: 73.0.3683.103 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Revision  e82a658d8159cabbd4938c1660f9bb00b4a82a23-refs/branch-heads/3683@{#902}
OS        Windows 10 OS Build 17763.437

Version/channel information

I have not tried reproducing this bug on other versions.

Other additional information

The issue resolves itself when disabling Brave Shields.
The issue is not reproducible on the latest version of Chrome.

About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created 5 years ago
Reactions: 1
Comments: 17 (8 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

@FWDekker can confirm, connecting the VPN to the Netherlands the issue occurs, connecting from my regular IP (Belgium) the issue also occurs connecting the VPN to the US the issue is gone (so is the GDPR consent prompt). All Tested using fresh incognito windows.

jeroenev on Apr 26, 2019