Url goes to google first
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Ive noticed in the past few days that when I click on any link - it goes to google.com/url first - hangs for about 1 to 2 seconds and then proceeds to the intended url. This may have been doing it the whole time and I never noticed but its become very noticeable now that every page hangs. Others noticing this? Def a security issue.
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@wadesmart No, this doesn’t happen on my install, try on a fresh profile ☛ https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/tools/user-profiles/.
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This is on a laptop with a fresh os, fresh install of the browser, no sync up yet.
Though, on my computer I am seeing the same. Its concerning. -
I have another laptop I need to setup .. Im installing it now to see if its all of them.
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@wadesmart Go to Settings > Address Bar > Address Field Options and check Show Full Address. There is more there, most likely the page you were trying to go to.
Something is redirecting any url through Google, and it's not Vivaldi doing that.
For instance doing a Google "Lucky" search will show a URL of:
https://www.google.com/url?q=<url>
But I don't think that's what's happening here. Something is overriding your URLs.- Extensions?
- Security Programs?
Please try all the troubleshooting steps, including testing in a clean profile and disabling extensions:
https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/troubleshoot/troubleshooting-issues/ -
google.com/url?q=https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/79603/url-goes-to-google-first/6
Brand new install on brand new OS:
have restarted the browser, it is up todate, there are no profiles - just the default, no settings are set but have reset just in to be sure, no extensions installed, no history of browsing to delete as the first link you click on does this, tested and using other browsers right now specifically because of this ..For something that isnt this browser related - downloading from the site to three different pieces of hardware for fresh installs.. I do not know what can make those changes - except for the underlying chromium system.. which I know Vivaldi modifies (hopefully for this not to happen.)
I know this has been an issue for some time on phones (android) but its the first Ive personally seen it in browsers.
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@wadesmart Yeah OK. If you've gone through the troubleshooting steps I'm starting to get out of ideas.
You don't enable Sync first thing?
Your screenshot above does not look like a clean install, make sure to try in a clean profile.Does the page show the usual "Redirect Notice -The page you were on is trying to send you to" text? It doesn't show in your screenshot.
And it really shouldn't send you automatically to the URL. If I open:
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/79603/url-goes-to-google-first/6
It does not automatically redirect in a clean profile. In fact the whole point of that redirect notice is to give users warning before going to the URL. Google does not automatically redirect you, neither does Vivaldi.However I do have a Tampermonkey script in my regular profile that does the redirect on exactly that page. But of course that requires to install an extension and a script...
Really strange issue... but I'm sure there's a simple solution, once you figure it out.
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No.
The laptops are not mine so Im just installing software.
The screen shot is of my browser - which I am logged in - though is not synced - because I have already delivered the laptops back to the client today.No. There is not redirect. When you click on any link and watch the address bar you see the google part before any url - including the ones that to go vivaldi pages.
At the moment - Ive told the clients do not use this browser and use the other one until I figure out what is going on.
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@wadesmart said in Url goes to google first:
When you click on any link and watch the address bar you see the google part before any url
So you can open URLs first without the redirect?
Like opening one of the default links on the start page?
Only clicking a URL makes it redirect through Google?Are you able to make a screen recording showing the issue happening in a clean profile? Try also opening the Developer Tools (F12), then click the network tab there, before making a recording.
If you can, save a HAR file:
https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408828867098-Generating-a-HAR-file-for-troubleshooting
Follow the instructions for Chrome, it's the same.Obviously you should do this in a clean profile so nothing interferes and network requests do not contain any sensitive data like cookies. Creating a clean profile for testing is explained in the troubleshooting docs.
If you share the HAR file somewhere I can have a look.
