Memory usage spike when switching tabs in Linux
The memory usage spikes randomly when switching (not opening up new) tabs. The usage usually comes down after 10-20 seconds, but it may or may not drop back to previous l… (funda kabanzi)
The memory usage spikes randomly when switching (not opening up new) tabs. The usage usually comes down after 10-20 seconds, but it may or may not drop back to previous levels. I rarely have 10+ tabs open at the same time. My average "normal" memory usage is ~500 MB, and the average spike peak is 2-3 GB. However, if the normal usage is ~2 GB it can spike up to as much as 10GB+ which freezes Ubuntu with 16GB RAM. Resuming from suspension has a higher probability of causing memory spikes, but not always. Screenshots attached to show 2 mild spikes I experienced in the last hour. Ironically the 2nd spike happened when switching to this support.mozilla.org page.
Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS Firefox: 112.0.1 (64-bit)