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Memory Leak (MacOS)

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I have Firefox (always updated to the latest version) and I have noticed a memory leak that EATS up RAM. I have 1 tab open, playing a set spotify playlist. within 24 hours of rebooting the machine, Firefox has swallowed 7gb of my Memory as shown in Activity Monitor/Memory Pressure. I've been having this issue for some time, updates to MACos make no difference either. NO other program does this. I've tested the same playlist in other browsers, Chrome, Safari, uses 1gb, brave/opera uses less than 500mb and they've been open for over a week. This memory leak is a bug in Firefox. I've seen it before (other software, mainly on Windows) but never like this on a Mac......How do I escalate this?

I have Firefox (always updated to the latest version) and I have noticed a memory leak that EATS up RAM. I have 1 tab open, playing a set spotify playlist. within 24 hours of rebooting the machine, Firefox has swallowed 7gb of my Memory as shown in Activity Monitor/Memory Pressure. I've been having this issue for some time, updates to MACos make no difference either. NO other program does this. I've tested the same playlist in other browsers, Chrome, Safari, uses 1gb, brave/opera uses less than 500mb and they've been open for over a week. This memory leak is a bug in Firefox. I've seen it before (other software, mainly on Windows) but never like this on a Mac......How do I escalate this?

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Go to about:memory -> press Measure, wait until you see information appear -> press Measure and Save -> Create a new issue on https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/home and upload the report as part of the issue description. After you do so, please add the issue link to your post so others can receive updates.

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Go to about:memory -> press Measure, wait until you see information appear -> press Measure and Save -> Create a new issue on https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/home and upload the report as part of the issue description. After you do so, please add the issue link to your post so others can receive updates.

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abjacobs
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done.. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1990191

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