[Brave] Fix missing history database crash

[raulkolaric]

Description

• Prevent New Brave Tab from crashing when a Brave profile has not created a History database.
• Skip unavailable profile databases while retaining history results from valid profiles.
• Resolve profile metadata from the selected Brave Stable, Beta, or Nightly installation.
• Replace stale cached profile selections when switching installations.

Root Cause

@raycast/utils validates the database path when useSQL is initialized, even when SQL execution is disabled. The Brave extension passed its expected History path unconditionally, causing a synchronous error whenever that file did not exist.

Profile discovery also always read Brave Stable's Local State file, which could produce profile IDs that did not exist in the selected Beta or Nightly installation.

User Impact

New Brave Tab remains usable when Brave is newly installed, a profile has no browsing history, or a cached profile is unavailable. Beta and Nightly profile discovery now uses the selected installation.

Validation

• npm run lint
• npm run build

Fixes #30131
Fixes #30153

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Greptile Summary

The PR makes Brave history search tolerate profiles without a History database and resolves profile metadata from the selected Brave installation.

• Filters unavailable profile databases before querying history.
• Resets cached profile selection when it is absent from the selected installation.
• Derives the Local State path from the active Stable, Beta, or Nightly profile root.

Confidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge because no blocking failure remains.

No blocking failure remains.

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
extensions/brave/src/hooks/useHistorySearch.tsx	Filters profiles without History databases and sequences SQL queries across the remaining profiles.
extensions/brave/src/components/BraveProfileDropdown.tsx	Replaces stale cached profile selections with an available profile or the default ID.
extensions/brave/src/util/index.ts	Resolves Local State from the selected Brave installation instead of always using Stable.
extensions/brave/src/constants.ts	Removes the obsolete Stable-specific Local State path constant.
extensions/brave/CHANGELOG.md	Adds release notes for the missing-history and installation-specific profile fixes.

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[0xdhrv]

Looks good to me, approved ✅

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