Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoA suspected YouTube interface bug spikes RAM usage above 7 gigabytes, users report severe lag and frozen tabs — bug might be trapping browsers in an endless layout loopwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up1409arrow-down13
arrow-up1406arrow-down1external-linkA suspected YouTube interface bug spikes RAM usage above 7 gigabytes, users report severe lag and frozen tabs — bug might be trapping browsers in an endless layout loopwww.tomshardware.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square39linkfedilink
minus-squareoyenyaaow@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 days agofirefox freezes kill PID with the highest CPU use youtube tabs all crash reload youtube video(s) repeat in a couple of days
minus-squarepurplemonkeymad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·3 days agoYou can use about:processes to do it all in browser before it freezes and yt is slow. Also shows you tab ram usage.
firefox freezes
kill PID with the highest CPU use
youtube tabs all crash
reload youtube video(s)
repeat in a couple of days
You can use about:processes to do it all in browser before it freezes and yt is slow. Also shows you tab ram usage.