Disable remote debugging

[pilgrim-brave]

Developer Tools window has support for "remote debugging" feature when you plug in a mobile phone.

Google's public feature documentation: https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/remote-debugging/

The feature requires downloading files from Google servers.

At a minimum, the download should be blocked. Better if we can disable the entire feature altogether. Even better if we can remove the files from the build.

[Moulde]

FYI: Remote debugging can also be used to debug javascript in visual studio code or most other editors i guess. So is's not only used for mobile devices.

[ahrherrera]

This feature is needed if developer who works with apps, so Brave is not developer friendly.

I am changing back to Google Chrome because of this.

[IanBoyte]

This is a critical tool and an absolute dealbreaker.

[neuronetio]

Please bring back this feature 😢

[nicholasengleman]

This is also breaks the Lighthouse Audit in dev tools. Perhaps do some research on a integral component of dev tools before removing it?

[salmankhilji]

Show stopper for me. Please bring this feature back.

[linearza]

Just ran into this as well, what is the motivation behind this move? Will have to switch to Chrome because of this as well.

Seems like its being re-enabled behind a flag:
brave/brave-core#4044

[bsclifton]

@linearza I believe because when enabled, it does reach out to Google services

And yup- work is done; going through code review + security review now 😄

[kitsunekyo]

this is the only but deal-breaking issue that prevents me (and all other devs i know) to use brave as main browser. let the user decide for an opt-in instead.

[bsclifton]

@kitsunekyo it is now enable-able in versions 1.2 and higher. Per our release schedule, 1.2 is scheduled to ship today on Release channel

You can find the Enable remote debugging option under brave://settings/privacy

[patrikniebur]

Would be useful to have message on the devtool if it's not enabled. Currently I get 404 page when I try to access remote development and it's not enabled.
OSX:
Version 1.8.96 Chromium: 81.0.4044.138 (Official Build) (64-bit)

[bsclifton]

@patrikniebur thanks to work by @jumde this will be enabled by default in versions 1.10 and later (currently on Beta). This should make a big difference for folks 😄

[slashwhatever]

@kitsunekyo it is now enable-able in versions 1.2 and higher. Per our release schedule, 1.2 is scheduled to ship today on Release channel

You can find the Enable remote debugging option under brave://settings/privacy

Any idea why I don't see this flag in my privacy settings?

Brave: v1.44.112

[szofar]

Also missing for me. How am I supposed to gather HAR files to help a site fix their Brave compatibility?