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Brave Search refused on IPv6 tunnel networks

Brave Search refuses queries for some users on IPv6 tunnels or certain provider networks while IPv4 still works.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

4 public reports · first reported 5 October 2026 · last reported 6 October 2026

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Some people connecting through IPv6 tunnels or particular network providers find that Brave Search returns a server refusal for every query, while their IPv4 connections keep working.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 4 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

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