pinned tab is not being saved

[alexwykoff]

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

• Describe the issue you encountered:
  when closing a window where the pinned tab is the only item, on relaunch the pinned tab is lost and the prior session info is presented

• Platform (Win7, 8, 10? macOS? Linux distro?):
  win7 ia-32

• Brave Version (revision SHA):
  0.18.22

• Steps to reproduce:

  1. if other tabs are open, reduce to 1 tab
  2. visit a new domain and pin it
  3. close the window
     4 . reopen brave and observe state

• Actual result:
  the old state is displayed

• Expected result:
  the pinned tab should be the only thing displayed in the window

• 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

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• Any related issues:
  Pinned tabs lost when browser closes abruptly  #10053

[alexwykoff]

on os x, the pinned tab is retained, and a totally blank about:newtab is displayed

[bbondy]

I think this could be related to #10485

[bbondy]

Please re-test with that and re-open if not working.

[LaurenWags]

Using 0.18.23 I see same results as this comment: #10480 (comment)