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Support Brave profiles in “Import from your browser”

Open 💬 2 comments Opened Aug 9, 2026 by apoorvdarshan

<img width="1672" height="941" alt="Brave import dialog showing no Chrome or Atlas profiles, with the Brave logo pointing to the missing profile selector" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/26debc7d-0110-4507-a6a8-2253b4a2a240" />

Feature request

Codex Desktop’s built-in browser has an Import from your browser dialog, but it currently detects only Google Chrome or ChatGPT Atlas profiles. When Brave is the installed browser and Chrome/Atlas are absent, the selector displays No profiles found and the dialog says:

No Chrome or Atlas profiles were found on this device

Please add Brave Browser as a supported import source.

Environment

  • Codex app: 26.803.41515
  • macOS: 26.6.1 (25G76)
  • Brave Browser: 151.1.93.134
  • Brave profile present at:

~/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default/Preferences

  • Google Chrome is not installed

Steps to reproduce

  1. Install and use Brave Browser on macOS.
  2. Ensure Google Chrome and ChatGPT Atlas profiles are not present.
  3. Open Codex Desktop’s built-in browser.
  4. Choose Import from your browser.
  5. Open the From profile selector.

Actual behavior

The selector shows No profiles found because Codex checks only Chrome and Atlas profiles. The existing Brave profile is not offered.

Expected behavior

The dialog should detect Brave profiles and allow the user to import the same supported data categories available for Chrome/Atlas.

Suggested acceptance criteria

  • Detect Brave profiles under ~/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser on macOS.
  • Show the browser name and profile name in the selector so the source is unambiguous.
  • Import only data categories explicitly selected by the user.
  • Do not modify the source Brave profile.
  • If Brave import cannot be supported, list the supported browsers clearly in the dialog before the user opens it.

Related issue

  • #23146 reports a related Chrome-specific detection assumption for the Codex browser extension when Brave is used.
  • This request is distinct: it concerns importing a Brave profile into Codex’s built-in browser through the Import from your browser dialog.

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2 Comments

apoorvdarshan · 18 days ago

Closing this because my original workflow is now solved with Browser Cookie Bridge, a local, open-source macOS app I built after opening this issue. It transfers cookies and signed-in sessions from Brave and other supported Chromium browsers into ChatGPT Codex without creating a fake Chrome profile.

Install:

npx browser-cookie-bridge install-app

For Codex imports, Codex must be completely quit so its local database can be backed up and updated safely. Native Brave support in Codex would still be welcome, but I no longer need this issue kept open for my use case.

!Browser Cookie Bridge app

apoorvdarshan · 2 days ago

I’m reopening this because the immediate workaround I built solved my personal workflow, but I would still love native browser-profile integration in Codex, especially support for Brave and other Chromium-based browsers.