Browser-laptop: History entries often cannot be deleted

[cndouglas]

Test plan

https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/pull/10069#issue-244202892

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• Did you search for similar issues before submitting this one?
  Yes.

• Describe the issue you encountered:
  Often when using Delete History Entry, the history entry's timestamp is removed but the item is not deleted.

• Platform (Win7, 8, 10? macOS? Linux distro?):
  Found on macOS 10.12.x.

• Brave Version (revision SHA):
  0.15.2 (af7ef42)

• Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open a new Brave tab and visit github.com (make sure you are logged out).
  2. Visit each of the options at the top (Features, Business, Explore, and Pricing).
  3. Open about:history.
  4. Right-click one of the entries (e.g., Pricing) and click Delete History Entry.

• Actual result:
  The history entry is moved to a section with no timestamp and is not deleted (see screenshot).

• Expected result:
  The history entry should be completely deleted.

• Will the steps above reproduce in a fresh profile? If not what other info can be added?
  Not sure.

• Is this an issue in the currently released version?
  Yes, 0.15.2.

• Can this issue be consistently reproduced?
  Yes, with the steps above. It doesn't happen with every single time, though.

• Extra QA steps:

  1. Open a new Brave tab and visit github.com (make sure you are logged out).
  2. Visit each of the options at the top (Features, Business, Explore, and Pricing).
  3. Open about:history.
  4. Right-click one of the entries (e.g., Pricing) and click Delete History Entry.
  5. Make sure the history item is deleted.

• Screenshot if needed:
  

• Any related issues:
  None.

[eljuno]

It happens to me, too, 0.15.2 (af7ef42).
I reported in community few days ago. https://community.brave.com/t/long-history-list-with-no-time-and-can-not-be-deleted/2693?u=eljuno

For now, I can delete it by clearing browsing data (Ctrl+Shift+Del). The history completly vanish. But when I manualy delete the entry, it repeat again.

Here's an additional record:

[cndouglas]

@eljuno Thanks for the screen recording! Looks like it's happening on Windows too.

[eljuno]

@Liunkae ah, yes. I'm on Windows 8.1.

[ghost]

I experience the same issue on Arch Linux, 0.15.2.

[cndouglas]

Still a problem with 0.15.3xx. @bsclifton Any ideas?

[cndouglas]

Still happening with Brave 0.16.6 (51de9af).

[iSasFTW]

Still happening on Brave 0.17.13, Windows 10.

[diracdeltas]

bumping milestone to 0.19.x since https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/9715 was set to that

[diracdeltas]

similar issue: if you right click to delete a history entry, it still shows up in the History menu