TL;DR: We recommend all users who were using Brave or Vivaldi download and install https://www.microsoft.com/edge and run pluck + okedge ASAP.

What happened? What is happening?

On 2026-07-02, we received a report that Plucky was suddenly removed from Brave 1.92.121-1.92.134.

While Vivaldi still works, it is likely that it, too, will stop supporting Plucky in the next 8 weeks or so.

What should Plucky users do?

Most Plucky users should download and install Edge to buy more time and avoid loss of Internet.

  1. Install Edge .

  2. Run these commands in a terminal:

    pluck sync
pluck + okedge
pluck - noedge

  3. Use Edge as your main browser.

What are we doing in the short term?

For all devices with synchronized configurations that have the system feature enabled, we have added the configuration named block-chrome-brave-and-vivaldi-updates. It is intended only to give us a bit more time to address this problem. This configuration may help those on Windows and macOS, but it won’t help many of those on Linux, particularly rolling release distributions such as Arch Linux.

We also added the feature feature:okedge to and removed feature:noedge from all main configurations that have the system feature in them. We realize this change was invasive, but it seemed better to do this in the interests of those who might otherwise end up “cut off from the Internet” without a clue why and no interface to inform them.

Here’s a link to download Edge https://www.microsoft.com/edge .

What are we planning for the long term?

We are not yet sure. We may ship our own version of Chrome. Or we may eat crow, and try to jump back to Firefox. Both courses will take some time.

Brave 191 and below

Plucky should work in Brave 191. Keep in mind that Brave updates must be blocked or else Brave will automatically update itself to 192 or above and you will lose Internet.

How to downgrade Brave and freeze updates

  1. Download Brave v1.91.180 (last known stable version with Plucky support). You can get it at https://r.pluckeye.net/brave. If you need to download it for another platform, you can use the links below.

  2. Go to your configuration page, click on the Imports recursive tab and make sure you have block-chrome-brave-and-vivaldi-updates among your imported configurations. If it’s not there, click the import button on block-chrome-brave-and-vivaldi-updates to add it.

  3. Uninstall your current version of Brave (unless on Arch, in which case you should downgrade instead by following the instructions below). Avoid removing any cache or userdata folders.

  4. Install v1.91.180 and check the following points. If both pass, you’re done. If one or both fail, see troubleshooting steps after this section.

    • Plucky is installed
    • brave://settings/help shows that updates failed

How to downgrade on Arch Linux

If you’ve never done a package downgrade on Arch Linux, follow these instructions:

  • Download the .zst archive file above
  • Open a terminal window
  • Type: sudo pacman -U (note the trailing space at the end)
  • Click and drag the file you downloaded in step 1, and drop it on your terminal window
  • The result should look something like: sudo pacman -U /home/username/Downloads/brave-browser-1.91.180-1.x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
  • Press enter and confirm all prompts from the package manager

Troubleshooting

If Plucky icon isn’t visible after installing Brave 1.91.80

  • Make sure it’s not simply hidden by visiting brave://extensions
  • If you have feature:nobrave configured, remove it
  • If you don’t have feature:okbrave configured, add it
  • Temporarily add allow port 443 to your config, run the Plucky installer on top of your existing installation, and relaunch Brave

After the last step, it’s likely your Brave will auto-update to 1.92+ and break Plucky support. Make sure to once again uninstall Brave and reinstall 1.91.80. If you are careful to avoid removing your userdata, the Plucky extension should survive the reinstall process. The steps should look like this:

  • Confirm Plucky extension is visible on brave://extensions (even if it’s disabled)
  • Close Brave
  • Remove allow port 443 rule from config
  • Uninstall Brave (1.92+)
  • Reinstall Brave (1.91.80)
  • Plucky extension should still be installed and Brave should be unable to update
Last updated: 2026-07-14