Public bug reported:
After updating the chromium-browser snap from 1497 to 1506, Chromium
refuses to work with profiles that are linked to Google accounts. Each
of them is deleted whenever first opening it. And turning on profile
synchronization does not work.
See the attached file for a screenshot of the issue.
Workaround:
1. Kill the current chromium process.
2. Revert the snap back to an older version.
Warning 1: Running on an older version of Chromium comes at its own issues.
Warning 2: Any already deleted profile will not be restored by going back to an
older version of Chromium. You will have to create and link the profile again.
This bug is severe and means that Chromium has become unusable in a
professional environment.
"We also need:"
1) The release of Ubuntu you are using
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
Release: 20.04
Codename: focal
2) The version of the package you are using
$ snap list chromium
Name Version Rev Tracking Publisher Notes
chromium 89.0.4389.72 1506 latest/stable canonical* -
3) What you expected to happen
Chromium works as usual, linked profiles work, new profiles can be linked to
sync with Google accounts.
4) What happened instead
Chromium cannot work with linked profiles. Existing profiles from older
versions of Chromium that are linked to sync with a Google account are deleted
upon start, and the feature of linking a profile to a Google account for
syncing is broken.
** Affects: chromium-browser (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Attachment added: "Screenshot of chromium snap 1506 after start, about to
delete a profile that is linked for sync with a Google account"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1917705/+attachment/5472318/+files/chromium-bug.png
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