Does Firefox automatically restart the GPU process when its memory usage is too high?

This is a technical question. Recently, Mozilla added the ability to manually restart the GPU process in about:processes, which is very useful when it leaks memory. Does … (read more)

This is a technical question. Recently, Mozilla added the ability to manually restart the GPU process in about:processes, which is very useful when it leaks memory. Does anyone know if they also programmed Firefox to automatically restart the GPU process if its memory usage becomes suspiciously high, for example, if it exceeds a very high percentage of system RAM at a reasonable baseline (e.g. 7GB out of 8GB RAM)? That would help reduce complaints about GPU process memory leaks. Thanks.

Asked by D Duke 6 hours ago

not loading pages, have to shut down and restart

Every 1 - 2 hours Firefox stops loading pages and I have to shut it down and restart it and restarting takes around 6 clicks on the icon to get it to start. Also one tim… (read more)

Every 1 - 2 hours Firefox stops loading pages and I have to shut it down and restart it and restarting takes around 6 clicks on the icon to get it to start.

Also one time today I lost all my pinned tabs and had to manually restore them one at a time.

Using Ubuntu 24.04.2 and latest Firefox. Cleared cache but doesn't help.

Asked by a.frayed.knot.mate 2 days ago

Last reply by a.frayed.knot.mate 2 days ago