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Opera for Windows

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Hello Opera Team and community.

I am writing to report a severe and highly disruptive bug involving Opera Sync and the passphrase encryption mechanism on Windows.

[The Problem & The Loop]
After forgetting my sync passphrase, I used the official Opera Sync website (opera.com) to successfully reset my hosted data. The web interface correctly displayed "You have no sync data stored." However, the local Opera client on my Windows PC completely failed to recognize this server-side reset. Under opera://settings/syncSetup, it continuously demanded the old forgotten passphrase. Inspecting opera://sync-internals/ revealed endless "Cryptographer error" and "Passphrase Required" states. The browser was completely trapped in an authentication deadlock.

[Catastrophic Local Data Loss]
While attempting to break this loop by signing out and signing back into my Opera Account, a catastrophic error occurred. The browser performed an unauthorized, silent factory reset of its local environment. It completely wiped out my local configuration, erasing over 25,000 Bookmarks, 1,000 Passwords, along with all my customized Speed Dials, Workspaces, and Extensions.

[The Resolution (How I fixed it)]
Manually deleting the Sync Data and Default folders did not resolve the passphrase prompt upon relogging. The only way I successfully restored my environment was by fully closing Opera, completely deleting the corrupted Default folder, and restoring an older backed-up profile folder (Default.old) from my Windows Recycle Bin. Once the old profile folder replaced the new one, the client finally communicated with the server correctly, cleared the passphrase lock, and safely uploaded all 25,000+ items back to the cloud.

This handshake failure between a web-side passphrase reset and the desktop client poses a high risk of permanent data loss for users. Please investigate this token/cryptography sync bug immediately.

[Environment]

OS: Windows11（JP）
Windows 11 Pro Insider Preview
25H2
OS Build 26220.8474

Web Browser: Opera (Latest Stable Build)
Opera for Mac

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I recently downloaded Opera to my new Macbook -having not used Opera since around end of 2024. I signed into my account no problem, and tried to have my old bookmarks appear in my speed dial. However, i could not find them and also could not see the option for 'Other bookmarks' that we are often told to click in such situations.

Therefore, I did some digging, and ended up going to opera sync - where indeed i could see that my Bookmarks numbered 777, across about 7 devices that i had used in the past (which i now do not have).

I was using ChatGPT to get me to this point and it told me that i should click Passphrase reset in order to have these bookmarks showing. Normally, a reset as i know means the data will be gone, but i did not think much of this because i.e. - "Do not remember your key synchronization password (passphrase)? Reset Passphrase" - makes it sound like i am only resetting my password without necessarily losing anything - just like a password reset for my email if i forget it right??

I signed out of Opera after this but low and behold, when i signed back in, i can only see about 80 bookmarks (down form 777) and 1 synced device (which is my macbook - down from 7 devices).

I inquired further from ChatGPT and Gemini and there was some suggestion to copy paste my bookmarks 'path' blah blah ..It said this:
Step 1
1.Open Opera on your Mac.
2. In the very top menu bar, click Opera > About Opera (or type opera://about in the address bar).
3. Scroll down until you see the section labeled Paths.
4. Look for the Profile path. It will look something like: /Users/yourname/Library/Application Support/com.operasoftware.Opera
5. Highlight and copy that entire file path.

Step 2:
Open that hidden folder on your Mac
2.Click on an empty space on your Mac desktop to bring up the Finder. In the top Mac menu, click Go > Go to Folder... (or press Cmd + Shift + G). Paste the path you copied and hit Enter.
Step 3: Look for Backup Files
Inside this folder, Opera keeps local copies of your bookmarks.
Look for files named exactly like this:
-Bookmarks
-Bookmarks.bak (This is your holy grail right now—it's the automatic backup)
ETC.....
However, i do not ant to do any potential further damage and would therefore ask here if there is a way i can rescue these bookmarks, devices having the bookmarks. @leocg

Cheers
Opera for Linux

Linux users, this way, please

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Sidebar closes immediately after first click when returning from another application on KDE Wayland

Opera Version:
148.0.7778.180

Environment:
Kubuntu (KDE Plasma) Wayland session AMD Radeon Graphics (Renoir) Mesa 26.0.3
Steps to Reproduce:
Open any Opera sidebar (Bookmarks, AI sidebar, ChatGPT sidebar, etc.) Switch to another application Return to Opera Click inside the already-open sidebar
Expected:
Sidebar remains open and receives the click.

Actual:
The sidebar immediately closes as if Opera detected a click outside the sidebar.

Notes:
Reproducible with all sidebars, not only ChatGPT. Happens consistently after focus is lost and regained. Tested with: clean Opera profile all extensions disabled hardware acceleration disabled --ozone-platform=x11 Issue does not occur on Windows.
Future releases

Let's talk about latest and greatest in Opera world: experimental builds, beta and developer versions

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Install Web as an App

We need this feature ASAP please, as it's in Chrome and Edge.
Suggestions and feature requests

Is there some feature you would love see added to Opera browser on computer? Let us know!

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Hi everyone,

Since the older threads regarding this topic are closed, I am opening a new one because this feature is still urgently needed.

Currently, Opera separates Speed Dials by device under "Other Speed Dials". While using the standard bookmark bar works okay as a workaround on Windows, bookmarks on Android are not very user-friendly or quickly accessible. On mobile, the Speed Dial is the absolute heart of navigation.

We desperately need an option to truly sync or mirror the Speed Dial between Windows and Android so that we have the exact same start page on all devices.

Could the development team please consider implementing a real, seamless Speed Dial synchronization?

Thank you!

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@leocg Ok, derp, I don't know what kind of mind lag I had, but it does work that way. Thanks.
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