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Firefox 60: few tabs opened reduce memory footprint

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erotavlas
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Hi,

I would like to know if I can reduce the memory footprint of firefox 60. I have to open many instance (5-10) of firefox for testing purpose (I use gecko driver). Each instance requires a lot of RAM even if there are few opened tabs (1-3).

I already read here https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-much-memory-ram and here https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/performance-settings?as=u&utm_source=inproduct

Can I try to reduce content process limit from 4 to 1? What do you suggest to do?

Thank you

Hi, I would like to know if I can reduce the memory footprint of firefox 60. I have to open many instance (5-10) of firefox for testing purpose (I use gecko driver). Each instance requires a lot of RAM even if there are few opened tabs (1-3). I already read here https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-uses-too-much-memory-ram and here https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/performance-settings?as=u&utm_source=inproduct Can I try to reduce content process limit from 4 to 1? What do you suggest to do? Thank you

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Shadow110
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Hi, Performance and untick everything. change the recommended size lower then see how it runs. Note: 1 = No Multiprocessor = slow again. Try 2 Restart Firefox after making these changes please. Note : Hardware Acceleration is for Video Card, Monitor to see if remain off or to turn back on.

Privacy & Security panel and under Permissions check (put a tick in the box) the setting to Prevent Accessibility Services from accessing your browser.

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.

cor-el
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You can try to set the number of content processes to 1 to see if that gives a smaller memory footprint. You can also try to disable multi-process completely (browser.tabs.remote.autostart = false).

erotavlas
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Hi, there is not differences between browser.tabs.remote.autostart = true with 1 process and browser.tabs.remote.autostart = false in terms of RAM. So I think that the best that I can reach is to use only 1 process. Thank you