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Firefox "caches" changes, plays them when active on PC

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This seems to have happened over several updates, so I can't pin point a particular update, and the problem has gotten worse (or at least affected more things) as time has gone on. I thought it might be related to uploading tabs when memory utilization has gotten high, but I have this problem on my system with 96GB of RAM, and I've happens even when I'm using under 48GB of memory and I've tried disabling tab unloading with no change.

The problem I've been seeing first started with Skype web. I'd walk away from my PC, and when I get back to it (monitor is asleep, but PC still running) after I wake up the monitor Skype would start playing messages it appeared to have cached while I was away. It would load up this messages one at a time, complete with notifications, one every couple of seconds. If I'd been away for a while and had gotten several messages it could take several minutes to catch up with where Skype is "current" and usually take so long I end up just reloading the page and so I get the current state without waiting for FF to play through all the messages.

I then started noticing the problem with OctoPrint, similar thing I'll have it up monitoring a print and I'll walk away from the PC and then come back, and same thing, it has to "play" through all the updates that happened while I was way from the PC, again sometimes taking several minutes for it to catch up with the current state for OctoPrint (this is usually visible by watching the temperature graph try and draw updates to catch up with where the printer actually is. During this time OctoPrint is completely unresponsive, so I'm unable to do things like cancel and print or change tabs to look at say the web cam. Again I'm usually forced to just reload the page to get the current state of OctoPrint instead of waiting minutes for it to catch up.

Then recently it's started doing the same thing with Pushbullet, instead of sending notifications as they come if I'm away from the PC, it just caches them when I wake the screen back up. And again, it sits there and plays them, one at a time, every couple seconds, every, last, message, that, came, while, I, was, away, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. I'm no longer getting multiple notifications at a time, they come through individually and it drives me insane (at sometimes delays notifications as even when I'm using the PC it no longer delivers notifications if I'm not actively using FF).

I assume it's some change to help make FF less memory intensive (which is why I first started looking at Tab Unloading) but I haven't had any luck finding out what's causing the issue, so trying to Google for a solution hasn't yielded any results (cause I'm not really sure what I'm looking for).

It's making using FireFox for "live" pages like message apps and OctoPrint, and notification syncing via Pushbullet unsustainable.

Thanks.

This seems to have happened over several updates, so I can't pin point a particular update, and the problem has gotten worse (or at least affected more things) as time has gone on. I thought it might be related to uploading tabs when memory utilization has gotten high, but I have this problem on my system with 96GB of RAM, and I've happens even when I'm using under 48GB of memory and I've tried disabling tab unloading with no change. The problem I've been seeing first started with Skype web. I'd walk away from my PC, and when I get back to it (monitor is asleep, but PC still running) after I wake up the monitor Skype would start playing messages it appeared to have cached while I was away. It would load up this messages one at a time, complete with notifications, one every couple of seconds. If I'd been away for a while and had gotten several messages it could take several minutes to catch up with where Skype is "current" and usually take so long I end up just reloading the page and so I get the current state without waiting for FF to play through all the messages. I then started noticing the problem with OctoPrint, similar thing I'll have it up monitoring a print and I'll walk away from the PC and then come back, and same thing, it has to "play" through all the updates that happened while I was way from the PC, again sometimes taking several minutes for it to catch up with the current state for OctoPrint (this is usually visible by watching the temperature graph try and draw updates to catch up with where the printer actually is. During this time OctoPrint is completely unresponsive, so I'm unable to do things like cancel and print or change tabs to look at say the web cam. Again I'm usually forced to just reload the page to get the current state of OctoPrint instead of waiting minutes for it to catch up. Then recently it's started doing the same thing with Pushbullet, instead of sending notifications as they come if I'm away from the PC, it just caches them when I wake the screen back up. And again, it sits there and plays them, one at a time, every couple seconds, every, last, message, that, came, while, I, was, away, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. I'm no longer getting multiple notifications at a time, they come through individually and it drives me insane (at sometimes delays notifications as even when I'm using the PC it no longer delivers notifications if I'm not actively using FF). I assume it's some change to help make FF less memory intensive (which is why I first started looking at Tab Unloading) but I haven't had any luck finding out what's causing the issue, so trying to Google for a solution hasn't yielded any results (cause I'm not really sure what I'm looking for). It's making using FireFox for "live" pages like message apps and OctoPrint, and notification syncing via Pushbullet unsustainable. Thanks.

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This "cache and play" issue isn't present (at least not yet) with Google Handouts web, Messages SMS web, or Discord web.

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Hi there,

I'm sorry to hear that you're experiencing these issues with Firefox. Based on the description you provided, it seems like Firefox is caching changes and playing them back when you're active on your PC. This behavior has been occurring over several updates and has affected various applications like Skype web, OctoPrint, and Pushbullet.

From what you've mentioned, it doesn't appear to be related to memory utilization or tab unloading settings, as you've tried disabling tab unloading without any change. It's possible that this behavior is a result of a specific configuration or setting in Firefox.

To better assist you, I would recommend trying the following troubleshooting steps:

Clear the browser cache: Go to the Firefox menu, select Options, then Privacy & Security. Under Cookies and Site Data, click on "Clear Data" and ensure that "Cached Web Content" is selected. Click on "Clear" to remove the cached data.

Reset Firefox settings: You can try resetting Firefox to its default settings, which can help resolve various issues. To do this, go to the Firefox menu, select Help, then Troubleshooting Information. In the new tab that opens, click on "Refresh Firefox" and follow the prompts.

Disable extensions: Temporarily disable any extensions or add-ons you have installed in Firefox to see if any of them are causing the caching behavior. You can do this by going to the Firefox menu, selecting Add-ons, and then disabling the extensions one by one.

If the issue persists after trying these steps, it may be helpful to provide more information about your Firefox version, operating system, and any specific settings or configurations you have in Firefox. This can assist us in identifying the potential cause and providing more targeted troubleshooting steps.

I hope this information helps, and please let me know if you have any further questions or need additional assistance.

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This issue persists with a fresh install of FF, no plugins, no profile synced, on Win10 (I've got this problem across 7 Win10 systems) the most bare bones install is running FF 114.0.2 (64-bit) on Win10 Home 22H2.