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Tabs will crash over and over again. I can barely look at any given page for longer than a minute or two. What happened?? Firefox was never like this before. It just crashed in the middle of me typing this LMAO. Using Brave in the meantime. This is ridiculous.

Hello, Randomly but frequently enough to be annoying, Firefox freezes my entire laptop. I have windows 11. It freezes so badly that I have to hold down the on/off button until it goes off. I looked it up outside of Firefox help and, per suggestions, turned off the hardware accelerator. That seemed to work for a little while but now it's happening again with greater frequency. There doesn't seem to be any exact situation that causes it which makes it very hard to diagnose. But it's enough that I'm thinking of looking for another browser so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

All the tabs, in both my profiles are constantly crashing. I cannot keep at a task for more than a few minutes without needing to restart the tab. Is this a setting problem? I've cleared the cache, and reset Firefox, to no avail. Thank you for any relevant advice and/or assistance.

Firefox is CONSTANTLY crashing now and I'm about ready to switch to another browser unless someone can give me a reason to stay.

Moderator note: This question has been edited to clarify OS version (based on crash reports).

Over the past 2 or 3 weeks, I've noticed that firefox tabs are crashing more often out of nowhere.

https://crash-stats.mozilla.org/report/index/4a42f4cd-2203-40ba-a40c-616590251210#tab-details

Here's one of the links for the most recent tab crash. Other crashes pretty much were all the same. I can't read or understand this, so I was hoping someone who can is able to tell me what is wrong.

I fear that it might be hardware related, as I've had tabs also crash on Edge and on a new install of Firefox Developer Edition (which I downloaded simply to test if things crashed there as well.) I've also noticed programs like Discord & Elgato Wave Link sometimes randomly crashing as well - but I'm unsure how to pull logs for those, Firefox was the easiest.

My laptop's hardware specs are as follows:

Lenovo Legion Pro 5 - 16IRX9 Processor: Intel Core i9-14900HX (2.2GHz) Installed RAM: 32 GB GPU: GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU Windows 11

If you need more information, please let me know.

Here are some previous crashes that I've reported as well:

https://crash-stats.mozilla.org/report/index/755c394a-584f-4d2a-8c59-3c39d0251210 https://crash-stats.mozilla.org/report/index/0415701b-4128-4717-9bc8-445cb0251209

Hello everyone,

yesterday I got quite a scare. While Firefox was open, a new tab briefly appeared showing the page about:processes, and immediately afterwards the browser closed itself on its own.

At the same time, Chrome was open in the background. When I clicked on Chrome, a prompt appeared asking whether I wanted to allow changes to be made to the system (the typical UAC prompt). However, I’m not entirely sure if this was actually triggered by Chrome or possibly by another application.

I clicked “No” on the UAC prompt and immediately unplugged my keyboard. I recently started using an ASUS ROG Falcata, which is connected via USB.

After that, I ran a virus scan with Windows Defender — it didn’t find anything. I also ran AdwCleaner, which also came up clean.

At first, I suspected the ASUS ROG Falcata (I’ve only been using it for a few days), since it’s almost like a small computer itself and can execute macros, patterns, etc. I was worried about a possible firmware bug or something worse. At the moment, I’m honestly hesitant to plug it back in and am using an old Dell keyboard instead.

Importantly, I wasn’t pressing any keys at the time of the incident.

Now I’m quite unsure what could have caused this.

Is there any way to trace this in Firefox (e.g., via logs)?

And is there any (event) log where I could check what triggered the UAC prompt?

One more thing I noticed: I shut down the PC afterward and turned it back on later that evening. Everything booted normally and is still running fine today. However, Firefox updated itself yesterday from version 148.2 to 149. Maybe that was somehow related (though there’s no indication in the Firefox update history that anything failed or similar).

since yesterday whenever I try to open Firefox, it just crashes immediately. I get the option to choose a profile but after I choose I see the window open very briefly and it closes immediately after and gives me the crash report thing. I don't want to reinstall as my data is on there and I'm not sure if it's linked to an account or no.

hello Ive been dealing with this constant battle of Firefox working for about a week and then just completely stops randomly. This problem never occurred when i was on windows 10 but ever since i installed windows 11 this has started to happen. If i turn on my desktop and Firefox doesn't work i have to either refresh Firefox through the uninstaller or boot into safe mode and then boot into regular and it will work for a couple days and then stop again its a full on cycle and in tired of dealing with this mess just to keep using your guys browser. I don't want to leave Firefox but it doesn't really leave me a choice unless you guys can help me solve this problem.

Hello,

I would like to report a potential bug in Mozilla Firefox related to recent updates.

After downloading a PDF file and opening it directly in the browser, the tab crashes. Following this crash, it becomes impossible to open any files (regardless of file type) within the browser — every attempt results in another tab crash. The crash report cannot be reviewed, as the tab fails immediately and can only be closed.

As a temporary workaround, changing the default PDF handler to an external application prevents the issue. However, this is not a viable solution for us, since some of our internal systems require PDFs to open directly in the browser after download.

We have verified that this issue does NOT occur in version 148.0.2 — everything works correctly there. However, after updating to version 149.0, the problem reappears consistently. Firefox also automatically updates after synchronization, making it difficult to remain on a stable version.

According to the release notes, there were changes in PDF handling in recent updates, so this may be related to a technical regression.

Could you please investigate this issue or advise on a proper fix or workaround?

Best regards, Daniel Mazur VanityStyle IT Specialist

Hi there, I'm wondering why Firefox is crashing tabs like crazy for me the last few days. Chat Gpt reckons these screenshots indicate a problem with the JavaScript Engine. I'm looking for expert help to differentiate the cause so I can be sure my hardware isn't damaged. Scrolling fb or youtube , even using chat gpt and firefox just throws me a crashed tab. I have uploaded the reports that chat gpt has reviewed to ensure it is being accurate.

I'm mainly looking to find out so I can rule out if there are problems with my hardware .Any help identifying the source of the errors would be greatly appreciated!

mozilla keeps crashing almost on every website (says the tab has crashed). I checked, mozila is up to date, all extensions removed, no viruses or spyware, and it is crashing in troubleshoot mode as well.

Also few times a day says "your device ran in to a problem and needs to restart). Please advise what to do? Here is a submitted crash reports:

p-878c606d-9511-4e2d-8463-5bcd40260113 13-Jan-26, 11:02 View bp-b92cc3c4-aa94-4a34-b0e3-bbb4a0260113 13-Jan-26, 11:02 View bp-a923ab00-9c5a-497d-b879-5849a0260113 13-Jan-26, 11:02 View bp-bd9b3fd4-9e88-43de-84d4-8b6210260113 13-Jan-26, 11:02 View bp-ed987df9-1563-4285-a6c3-da7290260113 13-Jan-26, 11:02 View bp-5d3d4a2e-6a35-41e3-b00e-0e8b60260113 13-Jan-26, 11:02 View bp-40bfaa75-2f10-4b5a-8d8c-b593d0260113 13-Jan-26, 11:01 View bp-8ddae55f-953d-48bc-ab42-6c21f0260113 13-Jan-26, 11:01 View bp-55bec64b-f2cf-4dd3-8cc4-2201b0260113 13-Jan-26, 11:01 View bp-c0805bea-737b-48de-ac3c-698550260113 13-Jan-26, 11:01 View bp-dc39e12a-d135-409c-b7ff-2f7440260113 13-Jan-26, 11:01 View bp-98bb14f4-55ba-4791-8958-924830260113 13-Jan-26, 11:01 View bp-6d26a731-7b7e-4487-a929-ec6970260113 13-Jan-26, 09:28 View bp-f056e88d-b117-41e7-92ce-6b0cb0260112 12-Jan-26, 16:07 View bp-613d6f88-4ac7-4586-9b6e-c0d6c0260112 12-Jan-26, 16:06 View bp-7220e233-4a4b-408f-b2ff-82a540260112 12-Jan-26, 16:05 View

I have tried over several days to uninstall and reinstall Firefox to avoid tabs constantly crashing. While I've done this and multiple shut downs and restarts it continues to crash and can't figure out why. Please help.

why does my fire fox keep crashing the screen goes black i get tab just crashed already updated and cleaned my ram and did everything i could think of and still crashing am still crashing on troubleshooting mode

The dialogue box says "The application is exiting and cannot service this request"

Nonetheless Firefox seem to be functioning as I would expect apart from the irritating appearance of the dialogue box that I have described.

I attached a scan of the dialogue box - how do I prevent it appearing and/or is it signifying anything important,

Windows 11 Home Version 25H2

Getting "Mozilla Firefox Crash Reporter" problem message when attempting to print files (Docs & Sheets) from Google Cloud. Errors messages have appeared on Lenova Thinkpad laptop in Firefox since mid Dec update. Can print existing files located on desktop, just not from cloud. Both HP and Epson Printers test fine, can print 'test pages'. Tried downloading files from cloud to pc....opening downloads, got same Firefox problem message and crashed. Have used same firefox browser and same printers for several years. Rebooted several times, same error. Can print, 'printer test pages'. Do I have a switch turned off/on or is this a browser problem. Any assistance would be appreciated.

Hello, I’ve been increasingly frustrated over the past few weeks with your browser, which I prefer over all the others, because it keeps crashing constantly. I’ve tried several small fixes suggested by IT professionals, such as clearing the cache, running an antivirus scan, and deleting my browsing history, but the issue persists with no improvement. At this point, my last option seems to be uninstalling and reinstalling the application, but I’m concerned about losing my bookmarks. Could you please advise me on how to resolve this issue? M. BEDIRIAN

I have asked several times, and received no responses that helped. I am continuously hammered with GAH! I've tried everything I've found both from Mozilla, and Google AI, but have had no solutions. What am I missing? If I have to uninstall, then reinstall Firefox, I'm going back to one of the better versions, like 98, or 99, or earlier, which I've got on old HDD's that still function. Thanks to anybody who can offer a real solution.