Description of the issue: The memory usage of “Extension: Brave” gradually creeps up over time. Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. 2. 3. I watched a bunch of videos on youtube and when I periodically checked the task manager its memory usage was higher each time Actual Result (gif…

@pcmasterrace609 , @Chocoholic Ref. material: [image] Memory leaks: the forgotten side of web performance I’ve researched and learned enough about client-side memory leaks to know that most web developers aren’t worrying about them too much. If a web app leaks 5 MB on every interaction…

I have noticed this many times and there currently is only one fix… Shut down computer and restart. This will fix the issue for 3-7 days before it starts becoming an issue again and Brave will start memory leak, crashing tabs etc. I have 32gb of ram and my pc used to be able to have over 200x tabs o…

Memory leak with no extensions

Brave Browser Desktop Support

289wk June 13, 2022, 6:14pm 2

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Memory leak with no extensions

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