User Agent not changing on relaod

Jai-jdk

When I change the user agent of the website from auto to anything else, and it reloads, it stays in auto
Steps to replicate:

Open any website
Click on website settings in the toolbar
Click on User Agent and choose something (I chose Edge)
It will reload, and still show Automatic

I expected it to show Edge, and for the website to function like it does on chromium based browsers.

Version 0.99.132-beta (WebKit 621.1.2.111.4) and MacOS 15.3.2

Sequoia (15)

laiz

I am unable to reproduce this issue. @Jai-jdk could you check if you are able to reproduce the issue on a fresh Orion profile (File -> Profiles -> New Profile...)?

Jai-jdk

I'm trying to send a recording, but it keeps saying that its too large. If you go to a different page though after changing it, it will change back. I did this in YouTube, where I was on the home page, and I selected Edge, and I'm seeing that it stays, but then when I click on a video, it goes back to auto. I changed it back, but then it still showed auto after reloading

laiz

Jai-jdk I'm trying to send a recording, but it keeps saying that its too large.

Please try uploading it to streamable or a similar service (https://streamable.com).

Jai-jdk I did this in YouTube, where I was on the home page, and I selected Edge, and I'm seeing that it stays, but then when I click on a video, it goes back to auto. I changed it back, but then it still showed auto after reloading

I am able to reproduce this. Have you encountered any other sites with this behavior or does this seem exclusive to youtube.com?

Jai-jdk

laiz I tried this on Spotify too, and the issue persisted there too

laiz

Upon further review, the culprit here could be one of the methods Orion uses to keep YouTube usable despite blocking the ads.

I'll let @dino expand on this once he has had the time to look into this.

Jai-jdk

https://photos.app.goo.gl/EKoLMmJzJKZzgng68

This link has the video

Yannick

Could you please try something for me? Use Develop > User Agent to do it and let me know the result.

Jai-jdk

Yannick Same problem there