[Duplicated]Data Import - Broken?

Chillzy

Chillzy

Hey there,

I'm a new user of Opera GX (shoutout moistcritikal) but it seems that the data import from chrome is not actually working.
I'm trying to import saved passwords, seems to not work.
Trying to import bookmarks from the system and file, neither works & crashes the browser.

Is this an ongoing issue?
I can see many people saying it's been an issue for a while without any resolution is this the case?
I obviously won't be moving over if I can't just transfer all my saved details.

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer

Opera GX 91.0.4516.106 (Chromium 105.x.x.x) 64-bit
Password Import flag turned on at the URL opera://flags/#password-import and restarted Opera. Not actually needed for the "Import from Chrome" wizard, but turn it on anyway.
Chrome 107.0.5304.88 64-bit
Windows 11 Version 22H2 (Build 22621.675)
Import from Chrome wizard at the URL opera://settings/importData
Chrome closed.

History: Imported no problem.
Bookmarks: Imported no problem.
Passwords: Not imported.
Cookies: Not imported.

Regular Opera 92.0.4561.33 (Chromium 106.0.5249.119) 64-bit:

History: Imported no problem.
Bookmarks: Imported no problem.
Passwords: Imported no problem
Cookies: Not imported.

Opera Developer 93.0.4582.0 (Chromium 107.0.5304.18) 64-bit:

History: Imported no problem.
Bookmarks: Imported no problem.
Passwords: Imported no problem
Cookies: Not imported.

So, importing of cookies is broken.

Importing of passwords in Opera GX from Chrome (107 at least, earlier versions may be different and work) is broken.

For the password issue in Opera GX, goto the URL chrome://settings/passwords in Chrome, click the 3 dots to the right of "saved passwords", and export your passwords as a CSV file. Open the CSV file in a text editor to confirm your login info is there are correct. Then, in Opera, with the import flag mentioned earlier turned on, goto the URL opera://settings/passwords, click the 3 dots to the right of "saved passwords", and import the CSV file.

For crashes, see this post. For someone to try and reproduce the crash when importing bookmarks my Chrome, your exact Chrome version details would be needed. And, your "Bookmarks" file in your Chrome profile folder would be needed. Also, your exported bookmarks.html file would be needed too if importing from the file causes a crash too.

A bookmarks import crash could be caused by using Opera Sync. You can try importing in a test standalone installation of Opera GX to see if importing bookmarks from Chrome still crashes Opera.

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer

See this method for importing everything from Edge to Opera GX by copying Edge's profile files. This method will work for copying from Chrome and Brave too. This way could get your cookies too.

burnout426

burnout426 Volunteer @burnout426

@burnout426 said in [Duplicated]Data Import - Broken?:

So, importing of cookies is broken.

This is bug DNA-102720 and is fixed already. Just waiting for it to show up in Opera Developer first once it hits version 94.