passwords not saved

[LaurenWags]

Description

Brave is not saving passwords.

Test plan / Steps to Reproduce

1. Clean profile for 0.20.7 (packaged beta build)
2. Navigate to site (I used https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/login) and enter login credentials.
3. Select 'Allow' in notification.
4. Navigate to about:passwords

Actual result:
Username/Password is not saved.

Expected result:
Username/Password should be saved.

Reproduces how often:
Easily

Brave Version

about:brave info:
Brave | 0.20.7
V8 | 6.2.414.42
rev | a2ba3e8
Muon | 4.5.16

Reproducible on current live release:
Not for me, but there is this issue which was reported for current release: #12038

Additional Information

I can repro on MacOS consistently, @srirambv does not see this on Windows.

[kjozwiak]

@LaurenWags is it possible that you clicked on "Deny" when you were prompted for "Chromium Safe Storage" access? When I select "Deny", passwords aren't being added into about:passwords. However, when I allow access, the passwords are being saved under about:passwords without any issues...

Example of the "Chromium Safe Storage" permission prompt:

[alexwykoff]

@LaurenWags please retest when you have a moment, thanks!

[LaurenWags]

couldn't repro, closing issue.