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Hello!

I’ve been having quite strange problem with Firefox for a few months since version 80.X on clean Windows 10 (reinstalled from scratch after secure erase; the latest 20H2 version with all updates installed). It’s worth to mention that I’ve been using Firefox like 15 years and never had an issue like this before.

Firefox just fills up system drive completely (50+GB to 0 bytes remaining) few times a day under active usage. It happens randomly and I can’t identify the reason. I also can’t find any actual files saved on disk because it seems to be related to NTFS cache. I’ve tried disabling the following settings with no success:

browser.cache.disk.enable cached-web-content_cached-web-content browser.cache.memory.enable browser.cache.disk.smart_size.enabled

And couldn’t find any solution unfortunately. I usually have 2 windows opened ("common" and private) with 10 to 30 tabs each which is not much at all for i7/16GB I believe. This problem is extremely annoying and seriously affects SSD life so I'd really appreciate if someone would help me to resolve it. Thanks in advance!

This is my rig: www.bit.do/kanishkpc and I use the latest Firefox Beta (always updated)

I have been using Firefox without the kind of memory usage that I am seeing recently. With ~10/15 tabs open, my PC would never be troubled. The RAM usage wouldn't be at 90% but in the past few days (possibly because of a beta update?) I get 50% RAM usage (8GB) with 15 tabs. Yesterday concurrently loaded ~6 YouTube tabs caused a 90% usage from the app and I had to close it.

The RAM usage might seem normal but Firefox actually never uses that much RAM - or didn't earlier at least.

I used MalwareBytes a few days ago to do a malware scan and it found my PC clean. If I did have malware (I had a bit of scare earlier), how would I detect it?

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Hello!

For the past few days my Firefox randomly crashes, specifically - tab crashes. Sometimes it is local news website, there was one fullscreen video that crashed that tab 2 times, and even YouTube tab has crashed.

If it helps, here is last few crash reports: bp-8aa70181-48fc-4c64-a45e-615130200612 bp-1f78d4a1-c489-4e46-bd7e-11b950200612 bp-05cb6a6c-8863-43ca-a395-d509d0200612 bp-46c4dd28-10bc-4015-8ea9-89fd80200612 bp-4b4186f4-6ee9-4bf0-96e9-3331c0200612 bp-986950ea-39d9-4cb5-84d6-1a7460200612 bp-90d58c69-469e-4af4-b861-c41940200612 bp-70ab3d45-0433-42d8-acd7-7700b0200612 bp-d1bb4768-61bc-4a2e-98c7-40c810200612

With 8 tabs open, Windows task manager shows 58% CPU and 1279 MB memory use in 12 processes. The built in Firefox task manager shows less than 300 MB and mostly "low" energy impact. Why is there such a discrepancy between the two task reports?

Screenshots explain this better

Firefox has been crashing non stop (tabs and general all window crashes) for about a week now so i tried following all kinds of advice like updating Firefox (was up to date) and disabling hardware acceleration but to no end so i tried putting it into safe mod and just when i thought it was fine five minutes later it started acting up again. would appreciate all help

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win10 1903 i7 3770 + 12gb ddr3 + 1060 6gb

FF 75 beta 64bit enhanced tracking protection = strict content process limit = 2

I always used firefox and game at the same time . if not mistaken , cache memory should be free within a second or two after closing a tab/multiple tabs but after closing those tab for more than 10 secs , the cache memory is not being release by the browser itself

In the past 5 minutes, MFF 73.0 x64 crashed 3 times. I've sent an error report, I always do, so quite a few should be at Moz. System: I5 6600K 16gb RAM GTX 1060 6GB 16tb disk space, of which 60% to 70% in use.

Crashes are irregular in time, but always with an instant CDT.

Tabs also frequently crash out on me, for no apparent reason. This too happens at irregular intervals. See picture below.

Please advice? Thank you. Xog.

I tried the following methods, but crash of Firefox is not improved.

1) Firefox crashes by the safe mode. 2) I checked memory with Memtest86+. However, the error was not detected. 3)After having completely uninstalled Firefox, it crashes even if I install the latest edition again.

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Firefox crashes suddenly every time i use the keyboard to copy, paste, close a tab, ecc. Removed software + related data, reinstalled from scratch, but same! Tested also in safe mode, but same. Please, anybody have faced/solved a similar issue?

firefox crashes all the time ,especially facebook,i thought it was my video card ,so i went out and bought a new video card,it still crashes,i have uninstalled firefox and reinstalled firefox ,i have disabled all addons ,i have disabled hardware acceleration,i have no problems with any other browser but firefox,here are a list of my Submitted Crash Reports

Report ID 	Date Submitted
bp-16b09feb-b3ff-491d-a4df-589610191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-05d3f1d6-6544-42b6-8a93-4b7d90191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-3d49258d-8329-43bc-b12b-ec6060191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-a9bb5b83-0156-4889-8ade-5654a0191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-8d65c347-e7da-428c-a0a1-cc73a0191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-e997aad8-83fb-463b-95c2-5d09f0191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-9dea9c85-c7af-4768-9f07-7d73c0191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-4defdd9c-4769-4095-88cc-9dd480191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-68a02a5e-a616-4078-a809-38c1b0191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-38ce48a5-163f-498b-9e1f-9ffe10191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-1adbe766-36f5-4ae4-b136-52caf0191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-b612586e-5401-4df6-a224-ed9680191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-0ddc7b93-38a3-4eb1-ad63-2b3cd0191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-cb27a289-b363-4332-9990-3b2d70191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-700f5711-8fa4-48bf-bb16-9ded00191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-2f24687f-30f8-4030-a5a4-840ca0191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-61276529-8670-4204-a560-deffa0191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-721dc18c-d7e9-4aba-bc59-27afb0191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-32bfe253-09aa-4429-ad20-74bfb0191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-6c1f3094-a02f-4367-92df-bf2e70191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-4af7a733-6dbf-4169-ae1d-798cf0191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-52d07d13-1be0-47a0-a55b-6a9450191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-6308e35e-ab2e-4d33-adc0-953480191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-ae7ff966-bec2-48ce-82ed-f41740191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-8674aa59-6cb7-4ba3-a875-37d420191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-748820ce-efd8-4248-9381-8d0dc0191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-bddee557-64ef-43aa-80cf-067860191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-f087b130-bf32-4ac6-9b84-b18ee0191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-115461f8-bfa5-4acf-86af-e46220191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-96539755-a955-47f7-843d-e1e270191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-7c01cedd-8a78-4199-91d1-f2e160191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-0d7b38ed-ac3a-4823-a207-771360191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-91c7fce1-12e9-4e9d-810c-136920191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-0eeb5a35-3fd7-4836-8e4f-2066b0191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-083c2749-38b9-4962-8bdc-c8ee30191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-f807eb85-ebe7-4d7f-9394-afc2d0191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-b6898d39-78c7-4508-8be7-1bc840191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-17db0d06-6748-451d-911c-6eaab0191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-663087ab-ceaa-4d24-85e8-949150191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-3b21bd64-701b-4527-8656-1307c0191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-1a4a042f-4748-45a0-8c89-e65ae0191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-9333a76b-b030-4e2d-9cfe-d7c510191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-307473ec-c3e5-4589-b03a-6ac330191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-fcb26957-4e74-4f0b-82bd-cb1560191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-803163b1-3c52-4e4e-b167-e27860191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-45006af9-b3b3-4614-a89a-d7fb50191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-26a68211-9a29-45f7-bbae-112d10191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-c4802a8d-6106-4bd5-b78f-177960191101	10/31/2019 8:42 PM
bp-5ff6f14c-3d2c-4394-852b-bcf9a0191101	10/31/2019 8:29 PM
bp-5841110f-b418-4ad0-b40b-2f8830191030	10/30/2019 6:30 PM
bp-0c306469-f273-40f6-bedc-947110191020	10/20/2019 1:03 PM
bp-e92d23f7-484d-4924-bdb8-2e2f70191101	11/1/2019 12:02 PM

Hello to All: I need some help. About 15-20 days ago, I had to re-install my Windows 7 (32-bit) OS and all software including Mozilla Firefox Quantum (32-bit). Since installing Mozilla Firefox Quantum 67.0 (32-bit) - when I use a "TAB" to listen to streaming: Live internet radio or Podcast, all is good. The problem is when I open a second "TAB" to surf or view info. When I start to click on anything (ex: next page), the first "TAB" playing the Podcast will stop playing and return to the beginning of the Podcast. This only happen when opening a second "TAB". This never happen before. Can it be the new update to level "67.0" or a bad installation of Firefox? Should I un-install Firefox and then re-install Firefox?

I open a simple text page (weather forecast) and IE needs 60 MB of RAM but Firefox needs 600 MB. It seems each update of Firefox it only needs more and more memory. More complicated webpages consume several GB at times.

bp-1a5b75b1-d0e8-4cfd-b0f5-673640190120 firefox crashes at random moments while doing anything. it crashed while trying to fix the crashes. it crashed in safe mode as well. i use firefox as my main web browser. i try to update firefox to the latest version but it wont update. i use an acer aspire switch 10 tablet.