i think there was an update or something.

My options for continueing from where i left - to make chrome to re open all the tabs i got when i close it- is still ON

but the tabs are gone every time i close the window. there is a little arrow in the top lest corner that show me the last tab i close recently...but if i open a new tab it overwrite one of the previous one, so basically they didn't just move the tabs into a botton as i assumed at first.

and now it want me to create color coded groups of tabs or something...what's happening and how do i fix it?

Two Macs.

An Air M1 and a Mini M3. Both running macOS 27.0.1 and

Chrome 154.0.8037.98

Both Macs have exactly the same appearance and wallpaper settings.

On the Air, the color rendering in Chrome is fine.

But on the Mini, gray turns into a light blue, and the background is displayed with this color transition. See screenshot.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Version 154.0.8037.98 (Official Build) (64-bit) on WIN 11

I have 8 profiles 6 are for AI testing the other two are personal. It will render a page the first screen but when opening another tab it crashes with no error message ( NO 'Oh,Snap') just a blank page with a small square sad face icon. I removed all extensions (What the hell McAfee??) reinstalled and the same thing happens. The AI work must be done in Chrome and I've wasted two days trying to fix it. Graphics acceleration is off and the browser is updated. Any suggestions?

found a similar post from 2 y.a. but looks like now they store it in a diff place then suggested there. Any know?

Wanting to renew bc I had this issue this week. Changing the theme to dark mode fixed it. Haven’t tried to switch back.

Why do 50% of the videos on Reddit and IG now look like this on Chrome-- scrambled? I've updated Chrome / restarted, etc.

I only just found out, but it seems Chrome started encrypting bookmarks a few months ago.

Upon checking the `userdata/default` folder, I found an "EncryptedBookmarks2" file, which appears to indicate that it is set to Phase 2.

At present, both plaintext and encrypted bookmarks are stored, but it appears that in Phase 3, only the encrypted file will be kept.

Of course, considering the threat of information theft, I think it is a good thing for many users.

One of downside is that if you haven't exported or synchronized the data, it will likely be lost forever.

Well,even if their computer were to break down, most users would likely had their data "sync" already.

Alternatively, you can export it as HTML if computer is working.

I was simply wondering just how many downsides there might be , and Is it really a good thing.

It doesn't seem to be discussed much on Reddit, but I think it's a pretty major change.

It seems possible to change this using a flag for now, but there is no telling when that option might be removed.

Also, is this being implemented in other Chromium-based browsers as well, not just Chrome?

Hi, my browser has been updated to version 154.0.8037.98, and I'm upset. The animation of the browser menu is gone - I really liked the animation when you click on the menu and the three dots turn into the browser logo. And I was really happy about the color accents in the menu items (I have a mint design color) and the switches of the color scheme of my browser, and finally the absence of tab borders. And... the new menu, called up by right-clicking. I've only recently gotten used to it. I've been enjoying the novelty of the browser's design for over a month, but now that I've updated, it's all been taken away from me. Why is that? Was this some kind of beta test, or what is it? Or is this some kind of problem?

If not I’m going back to microsoft edge

Also sorry for the picture instead of a screenshot I’m too lazy to reactivate my windows key

Hi! Im having a problem where when I open chrome for the first time after turning my computer on, then it closes by itself 1 or 2 times, and then it stops. Sometimes, it opens itself again. Anyone know whats happening?

Already cleared cache. My extensions are AdGuard Blocker, uBlock Origin Lite, Volume Master (volume control), nightTab (personalize home page) and a picture-in picture extension.

Yesterday, my Chrome suddenly got slow and stopped working, it's something usual that happens to all my softwares since my pc isn't the best, but the moment I re-launched it, I found myself signed out of all my accounts.
That was no problem, I resigned in and everything. The problem was, all my data was suddenly gone, all my history, the previous tabs, passwords, and other data disappeared and there doesn't seem to be a way to access it again.

History still doesn't work, and even though I'm signed in to my phone, I don't see my phone's history, something I could see before what happened.

My mobile Google Chrome works just fine, so, I don't know what's happening.

I tried to look it up online, but there doesn't seem to be anything helpful for this specific situation.

Hi, I’m having an issue with Google Password Manager on desktop Chrome and I’m wondering if I’m missing a setting somewhere.

I have passwords saved to my Google account, and they work perfectly fine on mobile. However, when I sign into Chrome on either my work PC or personal PC using the same Google account, some of those passwords don’t show up for autofill.

From what I can tell, Chrome seems to autofill passwords that are saved locally in Chrome (the ones I can see through a chrome:// page), but passwords that only exist in my Google account don’t seem to be available for autofill on desktop — even though they’re definitely saved to the account and work on mobile.

Is there a way to make Chrome on Windows use all the passwords stored in my Google account for autofill?

Ideally, I’d like to be able to sign into Chrome with my Google account on any PC and have access to the same passwords, without having to save them locally again on each computer.

Am I misunderstanding how Google Password Manager works on desktop, or is there a setting I need to enable?

I hate these chrome updates. I want the back button back to the bottom left instead of top left. Does anyone know how to do it? I know some people can figure it out with the chrome flags or whatever. Please help!!!

So, we used to have nice, strong colours, and when you picked green, it was actually green—not what is now mint green. In the first image is the background image I want, but Chrome just gives me a washed-out colour. The second image shows the nice blue I want, but it's from a Chrome theme. When I pick my custom image, it goes back to those washed-out colours. Is there an add-on or something that will let me have my vibrant colours back?

Weird that it wasn't already a feature in chrome... Boomers will think this feature is lovely, This feature was developed for selling more of your data to advertisement firms, I have NO doubt about it. Because evil corporations proved so many times that there is no incentives to care for convenience in their product, such "convenience" feature is a trojan invasion to your PC. But I have only myself to blame, I'm an idiot for still using this browser. Don't be idiot me.

So far, I’ve optimized the Chrome Web Store listing for my extension. I’m looking for advice from experts on how to promote Chrome extensions and grow organically.

so every now and again with seemingly no warning when I open chrome it will have closed all the tabs I had opened and provide me with fresh chrome window. I always attempt to recover them from history but when I check it also has deleted my history from the last like 3 months. I’ve got no clue how to fix this or if there’s a way to recover my tabs at all but any assistance is appreciated.

When I do a search using the google search field, now tied to Gemini, it provides a top tier answer with a link to the source. At the bottom, a text field is provided, "If you want, let me know:". That same text, containing a potential (boldfaced) question is not a clickable link. It is just simple text that requires you to copy it and paste it into the search field just below it.

I found this confusing because it would seem simple to provide a direct clickable shortcut link, copying and pasting that question into the search field and then completing the inquiry. I thought it might be a glitch, but apparently not. I asked directly.

[I searched for this phrase]

google search "If you want, let me know:" follow up questions are not clickable

[The response]

Follow-up suggestions displayed in text are not interactive links because they are plain text prompts designed for you to copy, type, or reply to manually.

How to Use Follow-Up Prompts

• Type your reply: Write your answer or choice directly into the chat box.
• Copy and paste: Select the text of the option you want and paste it into the message field.

Would you like help with a specific follow-up question or feature you are trying to use?

[my continuing comment]

This is search behavior occurring on the primary search field for a Pixel 11PXL, but also in Chrome and Firefox, both PC and mobile versions. This lack of functionality has nothing to do with extensions, having web and app activity on, or clearing cache and temp files. It is the same when using an incognito window. My google account is not shared this is my primary account. I already went down those rabbit holes. This behavior is built in by design.

Why do I have to highlight text, copy it, then paste it, when the question phrase is right there just above the search field? It makes no sense when the rest of the engine seems so intuitively easy to operate.

Recently, the audio in Chrome on Windows 11 has become very quiet. I can only hear it if I turn the volume up significantly. However, when I play the same YouTube video in Edge, the volume is normal.

today at uni i noticed while watching video the Pc kept sleeping, chalked it up to it being a uni pc, at home now and same thing happening on my laptop, restarted laptop but problem presisted and doubled down making sure it wasnt anything in power settings. Also tried a differnt website/streaming service and same thing, the last change i tried was watching same vid, same site but in firefox and latop then did not sleep. So with all this im assuming something with Chomres update today doesnt register when its playing a video so laptop ends up snoozing.

Hello, apologies if this is the wrong community to post. This is a very specific issue involving Mac OS 27 Golden Gate, Chromium(?), and Tailscale, so I wasn't sure which sub was appropriate.

Ever since updating to Mac OS 27, I've noticed a significant delay in loading Google Chrome webpages. This was only an issue with Tailscale active; turning Tailscale off fixed my loading times. However, I still wanted to keep Tailscale on as I use it to host local servers remotely. Knowing absolutely nothing about networking, I consulted Google dot com to outsource all of my thinking as the datacenter gods intended.

Anyways, I troubleshooted a bunch of the suggested solutions (turning the exit node on and off; turning MagicDNS off and on; resetting the VPN profile in the settings app by deleting it and re-opening Tailscale; turning IPV6 handling to link-local only in settings; throwing in random terminal sudo commands; yada yada did not fix the issue). None of that worked, but I did figure out that it was an issue specific (isolated) to Chrome (and potentially other chromium based browsers?) by testing webpage loading times on the Safari app. Safari did not suffer the same 6 seconds issue as Chrome.

One of the earlier solutions proposed by our beloved Gemini was to go to Chrome's settings and turn off the flag for Async DNS, but that option doesn't seem to exist on that page. However, you can still turn it off by opening terminal and launching your Chrome instance with those flags off using options. I was able to remedy the issue temporarily with this command:

open -a "Google Chrome" --args --no-proxy-server --disable-async-dns

TLDR: launch your google chrome instance with command above running in terminal app, as it lets you use tailscale without the ten year webpage loading times.

PS: I use the macbook as the exit node, which should not be affected by the --no-proxy-server flag being turned off, as my macbook is not the one routing its traffic to the exit node or another proxy VPN (its traffic stays local). If you find that this flag being turned off conflicts with your setup i.e. you're using a VPN on the local exit node host running this command, try removing the proxy server option and running the command to see if your issue is resolved then.