[Cr129][Follow up to #41010] Internal webpages brave://version, brave://flags, etc. can't be loaded

[hffvld]

Description

Follow-up to #41010.

Steps to reproduce

1. Install and launch Brave 1.70.111 with Cr 129.0.6668.42
2. Go to any of brave://version, brave://flags, brave://local-state, etc.
3. Observe that results are shown in Brave search instead

Actual result

Internal webpages brave://version, brave://flags, etc. can't be loaded. The same webpage can be opened using a chrome:// instead.

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Expected result

Internal pages must load successfully.

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Reproduces how often

Easily reproduced

Brave version

Brave build: 1.70.111
Chromium: 129.0.6668.42 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Device

• Brand/Model: Galaxy Tab S8, Galaxy Fold 6, Pixel 7
• Android version: 14, 15

Channel information

• release (stable)
• beta
• nightly

Reproducibility

• with Brave Shields disabled
• with Brave Rewards disabled
• in the latest version of Chrome

Miscellaneous information

No response

[kjozwiak]

The above requires 1.70.115 or higher for 1.70.x verification 👍 @Uni-verse @hffvld can use the template from brave/brave-core#25602 (comment). Please include/check any other cases that you might come up with that I missed.

[Uni-verse]

Verified on Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 using version:

Brave	1.70.115 Chromium: 129.0.6668.59 (Official Build) (64-bit) 
Revision	031813a4ca3b5401db1aba5c85c164084a8d761a
OS	Android 13; Build/TP1A.220624.014; 33; REL

• Ensured that internal pages such as brave://version, brave://flags and brave://crashes are loading without issues from the URL bar.
• Ensured that chrome internal pages are loading without issues and clicking on links in chrome://about will open the appropriate page.
• Ensured loading URLs without a scheme specified worked without any issues
  • facebook.com, google,com, videocardz.com
• Ensured that loading URLs with https:// worked without any issues
  • https://cnn.com, https://brave.com, https;//zerohedge.com
• Ensured that loading URLs with http:// worked without any issues
  • http://httpforever.com
• Ensured that search terms within the omnibox are working as expected

example	example	example	example	example

[Uni-verse]

Verified on Samsung Galaxy S21 using version:

Brave	1.70.115 Chromium: 129.0.6668.59 (Official Build) (64-bit) 
Revision	031813a4ca3b5401db1aba5c85c164084a8d761a
OS	Android 13; Build/TP1A.220624.014; 33; REL

• Ensured that internal pages such as brave://version, brave://flags and brave://crashes are loading without issues from the URL bar.
• Ensured that chrome internal pages are loading without issues and clicking on links in chrome://about will open the appropriate page.
• Ensured loading URLs without a scheme specified worked without any issues
  • facebook.com, google,com, videocardz.com
• Ensured that loading URLs with https:// worked without any issues
  • https://cnn.com, https://brave.com, https://yahoo.com
• Ensured that loading URLs with http:// worked without any issues
  • http://httpforever.com
• Ensured that search terms within the omnibox are working as expected

example	example	example	example	example