Upgrade from Chromium 116 to Chromium 117.

[mkarolin]

Upgrade from Chromium 116 to Chromium 117

https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+log/116.0.5845.163..117.0.5938.35/?pretty=fuller&n=10000

QA tests:
This is a major Chromium version bump, please do full passes.

Desktop Affected areas:

• Private/Tor/Guest windows have correct colors
• Autocomplete in URL bar generally works as expected
• Tab strip has expected colors and geometry
• Browsing data removal generally works
• Page Info UI generally works (cookies subpage specifically)
• Tab search looks and functions as expected
• Extensions can be installed
• Shields generally work correctly (cookies blocked)
• HTTP -> HTTPS upgrading works as expected
• Vertical tabs look and work as expected
• Password manager has expected Brave styling
• Extensions WebUI has expected Brave styling

iOS Affected areas:
TBD

Android Affected areas:

• Android 14 (we need extensive check since we may have incompatibility with third party libs (features to double check: VPN (when new billing API is merged Update billing dependency and update VPN code brave-core#19576), Playlist, Install Referrer, Safe Browsing))
• Sync (double check it generally works)
• Import/export bookmarks (check that it works)
• Check that Only open links in current tab group from Appearance option works

[stephendonner]

Verification PASSED using

Brave | 1.60.1 Chromium: 117.0.5938.35 (Official Build) nightly (64-bit)
-- | --
Revision | d50ecb0e74c51a1b522750008a9de6e61e8dabc8
OS | Windows 10 Version 22H2 (Build 19045.3393)

Desktop affected areas

Private/Tor/Guest windows have correct colors - PASSED

Confirmed Brave color schemes for:

• normal {Dark, Light}
• Private
• Tor
• Guest windows

Normal, Light	Normal, Dark	Private	Tor	Guest

Autocomplete in URL bar generally works as expected - PASSED

Confirmed autocomplete against:

• Top sites
• Browsing history
• Bookmarks with default options

brave://settings/appearance	top sites	browsing history	bookmarks

Confirmed autocomplete provided search suggestions when Improve search suggestions is set to Enabled / On

brave://settings/search	improve search suggestions

Tab strip has expected colors and geometry - PASSED

Horizontal

1.57.62	1.60.3

Vertical

1.57.62	1.60.3

Browsing data removal generally works - PASSED

Basic - PASSED

Clear browsing data dialog	Browsing history	Cookies and other site data	Cached images and files
			N/A

Advanced - PASSED

Clear browsing data dialog	Browsing history	Cookies and other site data	Download history	Passwords

On exit - PASSED

Clear browsing data dialog	Browsing history	Download history	Cookies and other site data

Page Info UI generally works (cookies subpage specifically) - PASSED

Confirmed ability to view and manage cookies via the page-info dialog's submenus

Manage cookies and site data	Cookies and site data	cleared data	reload prompt	logged out

Tab search looks and functions as expected - PASSED

Confirmed:

• default view
• type-down search
• recently-closed view
• setting Show tab search button to Off / Disabled removes the ^ from the browser toolbar
• ctrl + shift + A shortcut still invokes the above

default view	"news" type-down search	recently closed	ctrl + shift + A

Encountered:

• Vertical tab's search button style mismatches #32861

Shields generally work correctly (cookies blocked) - PASSED

Block all cookies - PASSED

example	example

Block cross-site cookies - PASSED

example	example

Allow all cookies - PASSED

example	example

HTTP -> HTTPS upgrading works as expected - PASSED

Confirmed:

• automatic upgrade from http://upgradable.arthuredelstein.net to https://upgradable.arthuredelstein.net worked
• got warning interstitial on https://insecure.arthuredelstein.net
• could click through the above warning, to fully load https://insecure.arthuredelstein.net
• Not secure warning icon in address bar for http://http.badssl.com

http://upgradable.arthuredelstein.net	https://insecure.arthuredelstein.net	clicked through	http.badssl.com

Vertical tabs look and work as expected - PASSED

Confirmed:

• default (horizontal) tab mode
• Use vertical tabs context-menu item
• vertical-tabs mode
• collapsed mode/expand-on-hover pref
• drag & drop of vertical tabs
• tab groups

default tab view	vertical tabs enabled	collapsed tabs	tab groups

Password manager has expected Brave styling - PASSED

Confirmed Brave styling for both Dark and Light modes

example	example	example	example

Encountered:

• Brave password manager's Install Password Manager dialog shows chrome://password-manager origin #32827

Extensions WebUI has expected Brave styling & Extensions can be installed - PASSED

Confirmed:

• Brave styling
• Light and Dark theme support
• installing, disabling, and removing extensions

example	example	example	example	example	example

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Settings comparison - PASSED

Brave | 1.60.3 Chromium: 117.0.5938.35 (Official Build) nightly (64-bit)
-- | --
Revision | 6f3491e9658c636314365097686bdbd636d39163
OS | Windows 10 Version 22H2 (Build 19045.3393)

• Get started - no changes
• Appearance - no changes
• New Tab Page - no changes
• Shields - no changes
• Brave Rewards - no changes
• Social media blocking

• removed Allow use of third-party cookies for legacy Google Sign-in

1.57.62	1.60.3

• Privacy and security

• added new Go Off-The-Record when visiting sensitive sites pref, defaulted to Ask

1.57.62	1.60.3

• Sync - no changes
• Search engine - no changes
• Extensions - no changes
• Web3

• removed Redirect IPFS resources to the configured IPFS gateway

1.57.62	1.60.3

• Leo

• new section added

1.57.62	1.60.3

• Autofill and passwords

• added new brave://password-manager/passwords view
• also added new Allow auto-fill in private windows pref

1.57.62	1.60.3

1.57.62	1.60.3

Languages - no changes
Downloads - no changes
Help tips - no changes
System

• added new Brave VPN Use WireGuard protocol in Brave VPN pref

1.57.62	1.60.3

Reset settings - no changes

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Encountered:

• Vertical tab's search button style mismatches #32861
• Brave password manager's Install Password Manager dialog shows chrome://password-manager origin #32827
• Add a setting to disable autofill while in private browsing mode #9795

[Uni-verse]

Verified on Samsung Galaxy S21 using version

Brave	1.60.2 Chromium: 117.0.5938.35 (Official Build) canary (32-bit) 
Revision	b2219c437bef2f067d4b4ae477f167a77537f93e
OS	Android 13; Build/TP1A.220624.014; 33; REL

Sync

• Verified sync flow is working and data is being synced on fresh and existing profile.
  Encountered: History is not synced on fresh profile [C117] #32857

Tab Groups

• Spot checked tab group functionality is working on new and existing profile.
• Verified relaunch notification is deprecated in CR117 when changing toggle state.

Example	Example

Import/Export Bookmarks

• Ensured import / export bookmarks is working as expected on new and existing profile.

Example	Example

[hffvld]

Verified on Pixel 7 using version(s):

Device/OS: Pixel 7 [panther_beta-user 14 UPB5.230623.009 release-keys]
Brave build: 1.60.6
Chromium: 117.0.5938.48 (Official Build) canary (64-bit)
Revision: 3729c99b569a7aab570e3f55471c699556e539f9

VPN

• Tested VPN and filed issue [Android 14] Brave crashes on C117 build when VPN is enabled. #32878 which is happening on Android 14.

Playlist

• It's not available in the latest Nightly build and the flag is still disabled.

1

Safe browsing

• Verified that Safe Browsing is enabled by default
• Verified that opening links from https://testsafebrowsing.appspot.com/ are showing a warning when Safe browsing is ON, and not showing when OFF.

1	2	3

1	2	3

[hffvld]

Hi @kjozwiak can you check Install Referrer on Android 14 when you have time?

[kjozwiak]

Labelling as QA/No & release-notes/exclude in favour of #32809. Remaining work outlined via #32809 (comment).