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Huge memory consumption and lagging in Canary version
Deleted I have started to feel the browser lag significantly compared to previous versions. Version 83 was best in performance. The browser used to take just 150MB ram on startup and now it takes 30M...
sauravyad500 Thanks for reporting that! I showed this to one of our devs, and a couple of things stuck out for them:
- CPU parameters can be a bit subjective depending on the device and environment, but we see lagging as a serious performance indicator. RAM typically isn't tied directly to lags, but they could be correlated in some instances. Are you experiencing lags in any other scenarios, especially typing? And are you still seeing this behavior on the newest version of Canary and/or in the Dev channel?
- It's also interesting that RAM usage for the same pages would differ between MS Edge and other Chromium-based browsers. Have you noticed if this happens on particular websites or under certain conditions, like if one browser has unique extensions enabled?
- Our Performance team would love to dig into this more, so if you haven't yet, can you please submit feedback through the browser?
Fawkes (they/them)
Program Manager & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge