Google search from address bar is broken.

[theblackcat99]

"mpognobbkildjkofajifpdfhcoklimli" Search Engine Extension Issue

Out of the blue, all of my Vivaldi browsers (1 Desktop, 1 Laptop, 1 Phone) which are synced with my account, stopped being able to search from the address bar while Google is selected as the search engine.

Whenever I do search from the address bar from my PC (Desktop & Laptop, both windows), I get redirected to this:
chrome-extension://mpognobbkildjkofajifpdfhcoklimli/www.google.com/search?q=searching
(In this example I typed "searching" in the address bar)

When I search from my phone (Android), if Google is selected as the search engine, whatever input i give when I hit enter just disappears after a split second where I can see the UI trying to direct me somewhere, but there is no page I end up on.

I can't find much information on this chrome extension, I've at least been able to determine it's a vivaldi extension that's used to store user information but I don't see why it has anything to do with my search engine.
I also don't see how this is affecting Vivaldi on Android as well.

I'd love any help I can get for this.

tags:: bug, android, extension, desktop, windows, search engine

[DoctorG]

@theblackcat99 Which Vivaldi version is this? Have you activated Search Suggestions?

[DoctorG]

@theblackcat99 Try to reset search engines to their default: Vivaldi Settings → Search → "Restore Defaults" and restart.

[theblackcat99]

@DoctorG Good evening, and sorry for the late reply.

I screenshotted the about section of my Vivaldi instance, just blurring my name.
Search suggestions were turned on, those settings remain the same after the reset.

I restored the defaults and things went back to normal, not before noticing that the Google part had a blank Favicon in the list, although the settings seemed to all be correct before the reset. Now the Favicon is there.

Resetting fixed the issue, I just wonder what happened...