Firefox memory leak?

Feek · 30-09-2006, 00:18

I noticed my instance of Firefox (latest patched version) was using about 180Mb of RAM. This seems a lot.

Closed and reopened and it's sitting at 78Mb and slowly rising. I have around 20 tabs open.

Does it have a known leak? If so, is there any fix apart from closing and reopening?

Mark · 30-09-2006, 00:21

Firefox has always leaked a bit. They claim it's something to do with cacheing, but frankly I (and a lot of others) don't buy it.

I've also had 1.5.0.7 crash a few times. 1.5.0.6 was fine but it auto-updated.

rich99 · 30-09-2006, 00:28

Mine's using 488MB currently with only 5 tabs open - peaked at 512MB sometime since this morning when I opened the first tab
I usually try to close it a few times during the day to keep it under control but don't think I've done that at all today

1.5.0.7 here also - will close it and re-open all the tabs and see what I get

edit: using 63MB now, more than a little leaky then it would seem

edit2: just remembered that I was playing a java based game earlier - probably accounts for a lot of the mess

Mark · 30-09-2006, 01:17

Oh yes, Java will do that for you. That'll be somewhat lazy garbage collection.

rich99 · 30-09-2006, 02:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Indecisive

Oh yes, Java will do that for you. That'll be somewhat lazy garbage collection.

yep I can believe that - most of these games are "programmed" quite badly :undecided:

Daz · 30-09-2006, 11:20

More extensions tend to make the leak worse, but yeah, FF has had memory leak issues from the first release candidates.

Flibster · 30-09-2006, 13:11

FF is a buggy piece of crap tbh. Can't see the appeal.

More serious issues this year than IE. I'll stick with Opera tbh. Although IE7 is very nice to use.

Simon/~Flibster

Mark · 30-09-2006, 13:26

What you think about Firefox, I think about Opera.

Haly · 30-09-2006, 13:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Indecisive

What you think about Firefox, I think about Opera.

Same here

Feek · 30-09-2006, 16:36

I used Opera quite a while ago but found that as it matured, I stopped liking it. Switched to FF and much preferred it. About six months ago I tried Opera again and really disliked it.

IE7 is plain awful.

30-09-2006, 00:18	#1
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Firefox memory leak? I noticed my instance of Firefox (latest patched version) was using about 180Mb of RAM. This seems a lot. Closed and reopened and it's sitting at 78Mb and slowly rising. I have around 20 tabs open. Does it have a known leak? If so, is there any fix apart from closing and reopening? __________________

30-09-2006, 00:28	#3
rich99 Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Stratford-upon-Avon Posts: 195	Mine's using 488MB currently with only 5 tabs open - peaked at 512MB sometime since this morning when I opened the first tab I usually try to close it a few times during the day to keep it under control but don't think I've done that at all today 1.5.0.7 here also - will close it and re-open all the tabs and see what I get edit: using 63MB now, more than a little leaky then it would seem edit2: just remembered that I was playing a java based game earlier - probably accounts for a lot of the mess Last edited by rich99; 30-09-2006 at 00:36.

30-09-2006, 11:20	#6
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	More extensions tend to make the leak worse, but yeah, FF has had memory leak issues from the first release candidates. __________________ apt-get moo

30-09-2006, 13:11	#7
Flibster Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,388	FF is a buggy piece of crap tbh. Can't see the appeal. More serious issues this year than IE. I'll stick with Opera tbh. Although IE7 is very nice to use. Simon/~Flibster __________________

30-09-2006, 16:36	#10
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	I used Opera quite a while ago but found that as it matured, I stopped liking it. Switched to FF and much preferred it. About six months ago I tried Opera again and really disliked it. IE7 is plain awful. __________________

30-09-2006, 00:21	#2
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Firefox has always leaked a bit. They claim it's something to do with cacheing, but frankly I (and a lot of others) don't buy it. I've also had 1.5.0.7 crash a few times. 1.5.0.6 was fine but it auto-updated.

30-09-2006, 01:17	#4
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Oh yes, Java will do that for you. That'll be somewhat lazy garbage collection.

30-09-2006, 13:26	#8
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	What you think about Firefox, I think about Opera.