Public bug reported:

This started to happen with Ubuntu 19.10.

When an animated gif is displayed in a browser, gnome-shell begins using
100% CPU on all cores.

To reproduce:

1) open Firefox, or Chromium

2) load an URL where an animated gif is displayed - you can also use
this direct link to https://i.stack.imgur.com/h6viz.gif

3) gnome-shell will start using 100% CPU on all cores (as long as
Firefox/Chromium window is in the foreground)

** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  gnome-shell 100% CPU usage on all cores when animated gif is displayed

Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This started to happen with Ubuntu 19.10.

  When an animated gif is displayed in a browser, gnome-shell begins
  using 100% CPU on all cores.

  To reproduce:

  1) open Firefox, or Chromium

  2) load an URL where an animated gif is displayed - you can also use
  this direct link to https://i.stack.imgur.com/h6viz.gif

  3) gnome-shell will start using 100% CPU on all cores (as long as
  Firefox/Chromium window is in the foreground)

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