This issue was reported as:
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=588707
which was marked as a duplicate of:
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=393395
and is showing "Fixed" as of February 2018.
No subsequent comments here or upstream so closing as being fixed.
** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Released
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Title:
excessive ram and swap usage
Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
Chromium Version : 48.0.2564.82 Ubuntu 15.10 (64-bit)
URLs (if applicable) :
Other browsers tested:
Add OK or FAIL, along with the version, after other browsers where you
have tested this issue:
Safari:
Firefox:better (at point 4 it uses 1.703mb of ram and 0 swap; at point 7:
2.223mb of ram and 0 swap) ver. 44.0.2
IE:
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Power on pc
2. check ram and swap usage (for me was 755mb/0mb)
3. open Chromium (ram 1.238mb / swap 0mb)
4. open 15 tabs (ram 3.049mb / swap 37mb)
5. open new window (ram 3.126 mb / swap 37mb)
6. open 4 tabs (ram 3.488 / swap 210mb)
7. browse the pages and click on some links (ram 3.329mb / swap 397mb)
8. continue to browse: ram goes up (up to 3.4 gb used ) and a lot of swap (up
to 1.4gb) resulting in unstable / non responsive system
What is the expected result?
uses less ram
What happens instead?
uses a lot of ram and swap
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