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Can browser.tabs.unloadOnLowMemory be enabled and will it work

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LimuxSpring
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In a thread discussion about the flag, "browser.tabs.unloadOnLowMemory" dated 23-Nov-2022 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33706117) it was mentioned that we've disabled tab unloading on Linux because low-memory detection just didn't work.

Has the issue been fixed? Does the low-memory detection work in Linux? Can it be enabled now?

Does it get triggered when SWAP is being used? Or when system free RAM falls say to about 25% of total physical RAM?

In a thread discussion about the flag, "browser.tabs.unloadOnLowMemory" dated 23-Nov-2022 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33706117) it was mentioned that we've disabled tab unloading on Linux because low-memory detection just didn't work. Has the issue been fixed? Does the low-memory detection work in Linux? Can it be enabled now? Does it get triggered when SWAP is being used? Or when system free RAM falls say to about 25% of total physical RAM?

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TyDraniu
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I don't think so. Some work has been done under https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1752625 and https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1782178, but it looks like it's not ready yet.

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