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Nonstop tab crashes.

My tabs crash all the time. Sometimes it'll go a while without crashing, other times it's literally every two seconds. Particularly if I'm doing anything that doesn't aut… (read more)

My tabs crash all the time. Sometimes it'll go a while without crashing, other times it's literally every two seconds. Particularly if I'm doing anything that doesn't autosave. Thanks. Sometimes it's just whatever tab I'm on (or occasionally I'll click on one I've had open in the background only to discover it crashed at some point, other times (and not infrequently!) it crashes the entire browser. Sometimes when it does that, it also logs me out of everything for no particular reason as a little sadistic cherry on top. The passwords are still saved I'm just logged out of EVERYTHING. A few times, it seemed to have made my bookmarks go away, but force-stopping it and re-entering made them reappear, so they weren't deleted. I don't know what's going on but I'm at my wit's end. The crash reports mostly just say EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION_WRITE (I haven't checked every single one individually since there's too many, but the ones I've clicked on all say that as far as I recall). If this keeps up I'm going to have to switch browsers or something because I'm actually losing it.

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Tabs crash unless Firefox Destop is running in Windows 8 compatibility mode

Firefox Desktop (x64) worked normally until the version 135 update was installed. Now tabs (even a single tab) crash after startup unless Firefox is run in troubleshootin… (read more)

Firefox Desktop (x64) worked normally until the version 135 update was installed. Now tabs (even a single tab) crash after startup unless Firefox is run in troubleshooting mode or Windows 8 compatibility mode. OS is Windows 10 Pro (x64) 22H2 on ThinkPad E495 (AMD Ryzen 5 3500U) Things that haven't resolved the problem: - Remove extensions and themes - Refresh Firefox - Reinstall Firefox - Updating Visual C++ 2015-2022 with Redistributable (x64) version 14.42.34438 - Updating Firefox to version 135.0.1 and subsequently to version 136.0, however updater only works in Windows 8 compatibility mode - Full system scan for malware (none found) Note: Extensions NoScript and Cookie AutoDelete work normally with Firefox running in Windows 8 compatibility mode.

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Firefox can't seem to be able to import from Vivaldi

Firefox can't seem to be able to import from Vivaldi. Whether I try, it just always takes on and on until it crashes. I remember it working whenever I tried to import bro… (read more)

Firefox can't seem to be able to import from Vivaldi. Whether I try, it just always takes on and on until it crashes. I remember it working whenever I tried to import browser data before trying to import from Vivaldi to Firefox.

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In past 2 days Firefox will occasionally close all open windows then return them after a brief delay.

In past 2 days I've experienced Firefox randomly closing all open firefox windows and then bringing them back after a brief delay. There is no mention of an update or oth… (read more)

In past 2 days I've experienced Firefox randomly closing all open firefox windows and then bringing them back after a brief delay. There is no mention of an update or other reason while this would occur.

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Lack of help or real support

As I write I am seriously considering walking away from using Firefox and advising all my friends to not use it. Every time a programme does a update on my desktop, whic… (read more)

As I write I am seriously considering walking away from using Firefox and advising all my friends to not use it.

Every time a programme does a update on my desktop, which is several times a week, it crashes Firefox and I get endless messages all day to keep rebooting Firefox.

It is getting extremely aggravating, frustrating and making me very annoyed.

This is supposed to be a modern browser with no big issues, supposedly easier to use than others? not on my desktop it is not and has not been for several months.

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crashing

hi, i genuinely have no idea why this is happening because it started crashing all of a sudden and it doesnt happen mid-use, i cant use it at all and restarting firefox j… (read more)

hi, i genuinely have no idea why this is happening because it started crashing all of a sudden and it doesnt happen mid-use, i cant use it at all and restarting firefox just results in another crash and so on. what am i supposed to do??

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firefox (all the latest versions) unstable in Ubuntu 24.04lts and WIN7

Thought only Ubuntu's Linux Firefox 136.0 was 'unstable' on my Gateway E-475M laptop - crashes, restores session then freezes only to log me out, then completely locking … (read more)

Thought only Ubuntu's Linux Firefox 136.0 was 'unstable' on my Gateway E-475M laptop - crashes, restores session then freezes only to log me out, then completely locking up requiring holding down power button and rebooting...

Now, even Firefox 136.0 on WIN7 is crashing, then restores session only to go to the 'blue screen of death' requiring holding down the power button and rebooting...

Evidently, the problem is not with Ubuntu or WIN7, but either: Firefox (Linux or win version); or, the Gateway E-475M laptop (2.0GHz CPU, 4Gb RAM, 8Gb swapfile, Harddrive at 61% usage, Linux/Win on separate booting partitions, LAN + usb & pci wifi's, etc.) - both OS's used to work fine, but as upgrades to Firefox have come along, they have steadily gotten more and more unstable...

Sometime, I'm only making a bookmark, and it starts this circus act... does it on differing websites, etc. Firefox is the only thing loaded - using two windows on two different monitors ...at a loss as to what to do - Firefox is supposed to be THE lightest-weight browser out there, and was for awhile... the only extension used on both systems is "NoScript" - could that be causing the disturbance in the force?!?

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Firefox Desktop now unusable

Why does Firefox Desktop now completely crash every time I press the Ctrl and cursor keys whilst navigating through text?!!! Very frustrating and I've had to abandon usi… (read more)

Why does Firefox Desktop now completely crash every time I press the Ctrl and cursor keys whilst navigating through text?!!! Very frustrating and I've had to abandon using your app completely. Please fix and redeploy your app as a matter of extreme urgency!!! thanks

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With only one tab open Firefox memory is peaking at 86GB and crashing my Mac

I cannot use Firefox without it blowing up my memory to 86GB used in Activity Monitor. I've cleared my cache, closed all my tabs and bookmarked them. I have a Macbook Air… (read more)

I cannot use Firefox without it blowing up my memory to 86GB used in Activity Monitor. I've cleared my cache, closed all my tabs and bookmarked them. I have a Macbook Air M1 2020. I've tried restarting and am definitely using the current version of Firefox. I also updated to the latest OS Tahoe 26.5 to see if that helped. What should I do next please?!

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Why does my Firefox freeze then crash?

So for three days now, my firefox constantly crashes. I would be reading a story online or watching a video on Youtube and then it will suddenly freeze. In videos, it'll … (read more)

So for three days now, my firefox constantly crashes. I would be reading a story online or watching a video on Youtube and then it will suddenly freeze. In videos, it'll still play the sound but the screen will freeze. I can't pause or stop it. Then either Firefox crashes and closes or I have to close it for it to stop. Sometimes, when I try opening it again, it still won't open. I used to have 50 tabs open and never ad this issue. After this, I closed all the open tabs, even deactivated a bunch of extensions, run malware detection, and still the issue continues. I don't know what the problem is. I even followed instructions and deactivated hardware acceleration options in Performance. And I have all AI options turned off too. The app also recently was updated.

crash report bp-e455fd8b-e30b-4cdc-811a-346ac0260607

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Youtube video "element" crashes when trying to watch ANY video

Started a couple days ago Youtube works fine for everything, except when i try to watch a video, the rectangle where the video is supposed to be appears black during load… (read more)

Started a couple days ago

Youtube works fine for everything, except when i try to watch a video, the rectangle where the video is supposed to be appears black during loading (normal) but then vanish.

checking the console i get a huge error that's just unreadable for me

it doesn't happen on edge, or in private navigation

turning every addon off doesn't fix the issue, and it does it even in "troubleshoot mode"

i haven't "refreshed" because i don't know what kind of data will be lost when i do that

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Firefox freezes when accessing passwords after latest Fedora 42 updates

I did a "dnf update" on my system yesterday which upgraded firefox from 137 to 138, however I don't think that is the issue because I downgraded back to 137 and removed t… (read more)

I did a "dnf update" on my system yesterday which upgraded firefox from 137 to 138, however I don't think that is the issue because I downgraded back to 137 and removed the ~/.mozilla directory to create a new profile and I have the same issue. So this might be an issue with Fedora. When I started with a new profile after removing ~/.mozilla using either v137 or v138 when I get to the create a master password in settings firefox freezes and I have to kill it. Before downgrading and creating a new profile I first noticed the issue when I went to a site with a saved login and when I clicked on the password box to bring up the saved password firefox froze. Just accessing the password menu will cause it to freeze. Any help/pointers would be appreciated.

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Constant Crashing

Hello, after the most recent Firefox update, and it doesn't happen with every web page but it seems to be most frequent on ones I have never visited, that I get a tab tha… (read more)

Hello, after the most recent Firefox update, and it doesn't happen with every web page but it seems to be most frequent on ones I have never visited, that I get a tab that says "Gah! Your tab just crashed". If I close the browser and reopen it, then reload the crashed tab from my recent History, it seems to work. Anyone else experiencing this (Win 10 Pro 64x desktop PC)?

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Firefox Nightly crashes every time I try to zoom in using my touch-pad

As the title states, every time I try to zoom into a page using pinch and zoom with my touch-pad, firefox nightly crashes. However, if I try to zoom in using CTRL+ and CT… (read more)

As the title states, every time I try to zoom into a page using pinch and zoom with my touch-pad, firefox nightly crashes. However, if I try to zoom in using CTRL+ and CTRL-, it works just fine.

I have tried to disable hardware acceleration but it didnt help.

These are the logs which I obtained from the crash reporter: AdapterDeviceID: 0x46a8 AdapterDriverVendor: mesa/iris AdapterDriverVersion: 24.2.8.0 AdapterVendorID: 0x8086 AvailablePageFile: 1012457472 AvailablePhysicalMemory: 10165415936 AvailableSwapMemory: 2000678912 AvailableVirtualMemory: 12812111872 BackgroundTaskMode: 0 BuildID: 20250613160838 ContentSandboxCapabilities: 119 ContentSandboxCapable: 1 ContentSandboxLevel: 6 CrashTime: 1750302886 DOMFissionEnabled: 1 DOMIPCEnabled: 1 DesktopEnvironment: ubuntu:gnome EMCheckCompatibility: true EventLoopNestingLevel: 1 GpuSandboxLevel: 0 GraphicsCriticalError: |[0][GFX1-]: RenderCompositorSWGL failed mapping default framebuffer, no dt (t=148.335) GraphicsNumActiveRenderers: 2 GraphicsNumRenderers: 1 HeadlessMode: 0 InstallTime: 1749869266 IsWayland: 1 LastStartupWasCrash: 0 LinuxUnderMemoryPressure: 0 MozCrashReason: internal error: entered unreachable code NimbusEnrollments: upgrade-spotlight-rollout:treatment,fx-accounts-ping-release-rollout-2:control,disable-ads-startup-cache:control,desktop-nightly-show-relay-to-13501-logged-out-users:synthetic-control,desktop-credit-card-autofill-global-enablement-rollout-nightly:creditcard-enable,enable-enrollment-status-telemetry-in-firefox-desktop:control,desktop-address-autofill-india-nightly-rollout:control,fpp-screen-avail-hardware-concurrency-desktop:control,hide-descriptions-on-newtab-articles-fix-rollout:control Notes: Ubuntu Core 24FP(D10-L1000-W0000000-T01) WR? WR+ EGL? EGL- GL Context? GL Context+ WebGL? WebGL+ ProductID: {ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384} ProductName: Firefox RDDProcessStatus: Running ReleaseChannel: nightly SafeMode: 0 SecondsSinceLastCrash: 191 StartupCacheValid: 1 StartupCrash: 0 StartupTime: 1750302698 SubmittedFrom: Client Throttleable: 1 TotalPageFile: 18425405440 TotalPhysicalMemory: 16424726528 URL: about:newtab UptimeTS: 188.44815843 UtilityProcessStatus: Running Vendor: Mozilla Version: 141.0a1 useragent_locale: en-US

Any help or direction would be appreciated, Thanks!

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