VPN status doesn't show the connected state when brave is auto-upgraded

[GeetaSarvadnya]

Description

VPN status doesn't show connected state when brave is auto-upgraded from 1.40.68 to 1.40.75

Steps to Reproduce

1. Clean profile 1.40.68
2. Follow the steps to connect VPN
3. Make sure VPN is connected
4. Open brave://settings/help wait for the update and click on Relaunch
5. After upgrading to 1.40.75 VPN status doesn't show the connected state also encountered Brave VPN from hamburger menu doesn't always show available sub menu #22726

Actual result:

VPN status doesn't show the connected state when brave is auto-upgraded from 1.40.68 to 1.40.75

1.40.68	1.40.75

Expected result:

VPN status should show the connected state when brave is auto-upgraded from 1.40.68 to 1.40.75

Reproduces how often:

Easy

Brave version (brave://version info)

Brave	1.40.75 Chromium: 102.0.5005.61 (Official Build) beta (64-bit)
Revision	0e59bcc00cc4985ce39ad31c150065f159d95ad3-refs/branch-heads/5005@{#819}
OS	Windows 10 Version 21H2 (Build 19044.1706)

Version/Channel Information:

• Can you reproduce this issue with the current release? NA
• Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel? Yes
• Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel? Not sure

Other Additional Information:

• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields? NA
• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards? NA
• Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome? NA

Miscellaneous Information:

cc: @simonhong @bsclifton @spylogsster @brave/qa-team

[GeetaSarvadnya]

Verification PASSED on

Brave | 1.41.39 Chromium: 102.0.5005.78 (Official Build) nightly (64-bit)
-- | --
Revision | df6dbb5a9fd82af3f567198af2eb5fb4876ef99c-refs/branch-heads/5005_59@{#3}
OS | Windows 10 Version 21H2 (Build 19044.1706)

• Verified the STR from the description and ensured the following:
  • Confirmed VPN status is connected in an upgraded profile
  • Confirmed VPN connected status is retained after the browser restart
  • Confirmed VPN can be connected to other regions and status stays connected after the browser restart

1.41.34	1.41.39

[stephendonner]

Verified PASSED using

Brave	1.41.55 Chromium: 102.0.5005.115 (Official Build) nightly (x86_64)
Revision	174dbe6e33bc81994fceb71d751be201d0b4803d-refs/branch-heads/5005_109@{#3}
OS	macOS Version 12.5 (Build 21G5037d)

Steps:

1. installed 1.41.49
2. launched Brave
3. set up VPN via dev (account.brave.software)
4. ensured I connected to USA (West) region successfully
5. opened brave://settings/help and confirmed it found an update
6. clicked on Restart to restart the browser
7. confirmed VPN was still connected

1.41.49	1.41.55