Add a patch to do a one time migration and enable native autofill by default (2b253bf2) · Commits · e / os / Browser

build/e_patches/Browser-Disable-Android-native-autofill-by-default.patch

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		From f8bf29e61ad3cfe2e1561d8c55313443ee1ee1ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
		From: althafvly <althafvly@gmail.com>
		Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2023 06:16:40 +0000
		Subject: Browser: Disable Android native autofill by default

		Signed-off-by: Saalim Quadri <danascape@gmail.com>
		---
		components/autofill/core/common/autofill_prefs.cc \| 2 +-
		1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

		diff --git a/components/autofill/core/common/autofill_prefs.cc b/components/autofill/core/common/autofill_prefs.cc
		index 210c7118c0eaf..7d525d637f400 100644
		--- a/components/autofill/core/common/autofill_prefs.cc
		+++ b/components/autofill/core/common/autofill_prefs.cc
		@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ void RegisterProfilePrefs(user_prefs::PrefRegistrySyncable* registry) {
		registry->RegisterBooleanPref(kAutofillCreditCardFidoAuthOfferCheckboxState,
		true);
		#endif
		- registry->RegisterBooleanPref(prefs::kAutofillAndroidEnabled, true);
		+ registry->RegisterBooleanPref(prefs::kAutofillAndroidEnabled, false);
		registry->RegisterBooleanPref(prefs::kAutofillAndroidIncognitoEnabled, false);
		registry->RegisterIntegerPref(kAutocompleteLastVersionRetentionPolicy, 0);
		registry->RegisterStringPref(kAutofillUploadEncodingSeed, "");
		--
		2.53.0

build/e_patches/Migrate-users-who-had-native-autofill-disabled.patch

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		From 5265fd69f9f1c73db4d20a07812b33733bcaec16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
		From: Nishith Khanna <nishith.khanna@gmail.com>
		Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:50:55 +0530
		Subject: Migrate users who had native autofill disabled

		---
		components/autofill/core/common/autofill_prefs.cc \| 12 ++++++++++++
		1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

		diff --git a/components/autofill/core/common/autofill_prefs.cc b/components/autofill/core/common/autofill_prefs.cc
		index 210c7118c0eaf..43bcecc079815 100644
		--- a/components/autofill/core/common/autofill_prefs.cc
		+++ b/components/autofill/core/common/autofill_prefs.cc
		@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ namespace {
		#if BUILDFLAG(IS_ANDROID)
		inline constexpr char kFacilitatedPaymentsPixAccountLinkingDeprecated[] =
		"facilitated_payments.pix_account_linking";
		+
		+inline constexpr char kAutofillAndroidEnabledMigrationDone[] =
		+ "autofill.android_autofill_enabled_migration_done";
		#endif
		constexpr char kAutofillRanExtraDeduplication[] =
		"autofill.ran_extra_deduplication";
		@@ -172,6 +175,7 @@ void RegisterProfilePrefs(user_prefs::PrefRegistrySyncable* registry) {
		#if BUILDFLAG(IS_ANDROID)
		registry->RegisterBooleanPref(kFacilitatedPaymentsPixAccountLinkingDeprecated,
		/default_value=/true);
		+ registry->RegisterBooleanPref(kAutofillAndroidEnabledMigrationDone, false);
		#endif // BUILDFLAG(IS_ANDROID)
		registry->RegisterBooleanPref(kAutofillRanExtraDeduplication, false);
		// Don't add new prefs here. Add them before any deprecated prefs instead.
		@@ -183,6 +187,14 @@ void MigrateDeprecatedAutofillPrefs(PrefService* pref_service) {
		#if BUILDFLAG(IS_ANDROID)
		// Added 08/2025
		pref_service->ClearPref(kFacilitatedPaymentsPixAccountLinkingDeprecated);
		+ // Added 04/2026 - Re-enable autofill for users affected by the temporary
		+ // default=false patch. Runs once; respects subsequent user changes.
		+ if (!pref_service->GetBoolean(kAutofillAndroidEnabledMigrationDone)) {
		+ if (!pref_service->GetBoolean(prefs::kAutofillAndroidEnabled)) {
		+ pref_service->SetBoolean(prefs::kAutofillAndroidEnabled, true);
		+ }
		+ pref_service->SetBoolean(kAutofillAndroidEnabledMigrationDone, true);
		+ }
		#endif // BUILDFLAG(IS_ANDROID)
		// Added 01/2026
		pref_service->ClearPref(kAutofillRanExtraDeduplication);
		--
		2.53.0

build/e_patches_list.txt

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		@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Handle-web-search-action-in-browser.patch
		Browser-Replace-default-tab-favicon.patch
		Browser-Spoof-as-Pixel-4a-by-default.patch
		Browser-Remove-broken-link-about-entries.patch
		Browser-Disable-Android-native-autofill-by-default.patch
		Browser-Enable-unified-autoplay-by-default.patch
		Use-thirdparty-autofill-by-default.patch
		Remove-some-privacy-UI-pref.patch
		@@ -68,3 +67,4 @@ Browser-Add-support-for-eOS-webapk.patch
		Enable-zoom-option-in-main-menu-by-default.patch
		Enable-JIT-by-default.patch
		Enable-local-backup-support.patch
		Migrate-users-who-had-native-autofill-disabled.patch