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Brave | 1.74.51 Chromium: 132.0.6834.160 (Official Build) (64-bit)
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Revision | ec533795e8d43cd81dd0c0cff9ed1dbf23d930e2
OS | Windows 10 Version 22H2 (Build 19045.5371)

Test Case #1 - Brave Search fallback on Desktop

Using the STR/Cases mentioned via brave/brave-core#27285 (comment), ensured that:

• ensured that two requests are sent to google.com and the response body of the second request is over 50kb
• ensured there's no Not many great matches error when searching https://search.brave.software/search?q=javier+likes+google+42
• ensured opening/closing Brave doesn't crash the browser while https://search.brave.software/search?q=javier+likes+google+42 is opened/active tab.

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Test Case #2 - Web Discovery on Desktop

Using the STR/Cases mentioned via brave/brave-core#27285 (comment), ensured that:

• enabled WDP via brave://settings/search
• visited brave://inspect and clicked on Inspect via Brave chrome-extension://mnojpmjdmbbfmejpflffifhffcmidifd/_generated_background_page.html
• within Dev Tools via the Console, pasted the following and waited ~10s:

WDP.modules['web-discovery-project'].background.webDiscoveryProject.patternsLoader.resourceWatcher.forceUpdate()

• visited/accessed https://www.google.com/search?q=this+is+a+test+query and then closed the tab
• waited ~20s and cleared the current log via Fiddler and then pasted the following into the Console as per the following:

WDP.modules['web-discovery-project'].background.webDiscoveryProject.strictQueries.map(x=>x.tDiff=0)

• waited ~10s and ensured there was two google.com requests logged with the second being over 50kbs

Example	Example	Example

Verified on Pixel 6 using version(s):

Device/OS: Pixel 6 / oriole-user 15 AP4A.241205.013 release-keys
Brave build: 1.74.51 
Chromium: 132.0.6834.160 (Official Build) (64-bit) 

STEPS:

1. Follow the STR/TP from Add hidden renderer for fetching backup search results brave-core#27285 (comment)
2. Verify

ACTUAL RESULTS:

• Verified that the string is larger than 50kb gets returned.
• Verified that Brave doesn't crash when loading different websites.

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