@stateofreality said in tried to open a google news link and now opera is completely broken:
i tried to open a link to an article about gaming, now opera is completely broken, tried uninstalling the app, didn't work, cleared everything, didn't work, restarted the phone, didn't work, i have no idea what broke but i literally cannot use the browser on my phone at all now
android 16
google pixel 8 pro 256gb
version 92.0.4866.85599
don't have the link that caused it and cant even check cause i can't access the browser
data savings is off
here's a link to a video of the problem https://youtube.com/shorts/smzDX_j4pLQ?feature=share
tried to open a google news link from the feature on my pixel 8 pro, it tried to load then just stopped, i closed the browser and reopened to try and get it to maybe refresh and now the browser just doesn't work, I've reinstalled the app, cleared cache, restarted the phone, the only thing i haven't done is reset the phone which I'm not doing
expected behavior is that the app works, which it currently doesn't
Sounds like Opera’s WebView or profile data got corrupted try Settings → Apps → Opera → Storage → Clear storage (not just cache) and also update/clear Android System WebView & Chrome, then reboot.
If it still fails, it’s likely an Opera bug on Android 16/Pixel 8 Pro report it with the video and temporarily switch to Chrome/Firefox until a fix rolls out.
