Disabling "Upgrade connections to HTTPS" works on desktop, but not on Android.

[rabinnh]

Description

Brave on Android redirects to https even when "Upgrade connections to HTTPS" setting is set to disabled,

Steps to reproduce

1. Open Brave browser on Android
2. Open settings
3. In the "Brave Shields and Privacy" find the "Upgrade connections to HTTPS"
4. Set it to disable

Actual result

Accessing a bookmarked site using the http protocol redirects to https. Manually changing the protocol in the address bar to http and Brave still redirects to https.

Expected result

This setting works perfectly on my desktop. Desktop Brave is synced to Android Brave (FWIW).

Issue reproduces how often

Every time.

Version/Channel Information:

• Can you reproduce this issue with the current Play Store version?
• Yes
• Can you reproduce this issue with the current Play Store Beta version?
• Haven't installed because synced
• Can you reproduce this issue with the current Play Store Nightly version? Haven't installed because synced

  Device details

  • Install type (ARM, x86): ARM
  • Device type (Phone, Tablet, Phablet): Google Pixel 6
  • Android version: 14

Brave version

1.65.126

Website problems only

• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? No
• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards? No
• Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? Yes

Additional information

[diracdeltas]

cc @SergeyZhukovsky

[SergeyZhukovsky]

thanks @rabinnh and thanks for the ping @diracdeltas. I'm going to take a look at it.

[SergeyZhukovsky]

Everything works fine on my side. I tried on http://https-everywhere.badssl.com/. I attached a video below. @rabinnh what I think happened on your side is that you interacted with the website you are trying with Brave Shields. Once you touch Brave Shields(a lion's head on the URL bar) the site shields settings are going to override global settings(that's the main purpose of it). So it saved all shields settings for the website you use and HTTPS upgrades are on there. Screen_recording_20240514_144425.webm

[rabinnh]

Shields were off, everything I could find was off. I also cleared cache.

[SergeyZhukovsky]

1. @rabinnh does http://https-everywhere.badssl.com/ got upgraded to https when global HTTPS upgrades are turned off?
2. could you share the problem website?
3. could you try it on beta, nightly channel(don't interact with per site shields only)?