Webpage becomes blank, Refresh and Tab switch buttons become unresponsive when Keep Private Tabs switch is disabled

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Description

Webpage becomes blank, Refresh and Tab switch buttons become unresponsive when the Keep Private Tabs switch is disabled.

Steps to reproduce

1. Launch Brave
2. Open Private Tab
3. Go to any website in a Private Tab
4. Hamburger menu > Settings
5. Private Tabs > Enable and then disable Keep Private Tabs toggle switch
6. Close the settings > Observe blank page
7. Tap Tab switch or Refresh button > Observe that nothing is happening

Actual result

Webpage becomes blank, Refresh and Tab switch buttons become unresponsive when the Keep Private Tabs switch is disabled.

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Expected result

Buttons must be tappable and the webpage must not be blank when disabling the Keep Private Tabs switch.

Reproduces how often

Easily reproduced

Brave version

Brave build: 1.69 (157)
BraveCore: 1.69.157 (128.0.6613.85)

Device/iOS version

iPhone 14 / iOS 17.6.1

Affected browser versions

• latest AppStore
• latest TestFlight
• previous TestFlight

Reproducibility

• with Brave Shields disabled
• in the latest version of mobile Safari

Miscellaneous information

No response