From c046edd91db599372c4346eb522df6a097a1990b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: brave-builds <45370463+brave-builds@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 05:38:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Trigger user gesture events on browser initiated navigations.
 (uplift to 1.50.x) (#17516)

Uplift of #17490 (squashed) to beta
---
 browser/brave_ads/ads_tab_helper.cc | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/browser/brave_ads/ads_tab_helper.cc b/browser/brave_ads/ads_tab_helper.cc
index 18f222ef34cb..117340a15349 100644
--- a/browser/brave_ads/ads_tab_helper.cc
+++ b/browser/brave_ads/ads_tab_helper.cc
@@ -113,7 +113,10 @@ void AdsTabHelper::DidFinishNavigation(
     return;
   }
 
-  if (navigation_handle->HasUserGesture()) {
+  // Some browser initiated navigations have HasUserGesture set to false. This
+  // should eventually be fixed in crbug.com/617904.
+  if (navigation_handle->HasUserGesture() ||
+      !navigation_handle->IsRendererInitiated()) {
     const int32_t page_transition =
         static_cast<int32_t>(navigation_handle->GetPageTransition());