Saving torrent file as "Save link as"

[NejcZdovc]

• Did you search for similar issues before submitting this one?
  yes

• Describe the issue you encountered:
  You can't save a torrent file with right clicking on it and click "Save as Link..."

• Platform (Win7, 8, 10? macOS? Linux distro?):
  macOS

• Brave Version (revision SHA):

• Steps to reproduce:

  1. go to
  2. right click on a torrent link
  3. click on "Save as Link..."

• Actual result:
  html is downloaded

• Expected result:
  torrent should be downloaded

• Will the steps above reproduce in a fresh profile? If not what other info can be added?
  yes

• Is this an issue in the currently released version?
  no

• Can this issue be consistently reproduced?
  yes

[feross]

This is now fixed on master due to @diracdeltas's recent PR #8325 which changes how requests to .torrent files are handled. Win! 🥇

Thanks @diracdeltas!

[srirambv]

This fails on Windows machine. Right click save as shows as interrupted.