Public bug reported: The Firefox addon adds an observer to the global observer service, which keeps the global object in scope. As nothing ever removes the observer again, all browser chrome windows are leaked forever.
See https://developer.mozilla.org/en- US/docs/Extensions/Common_causes_of_memory_leaks_in_extensions#Forgetting_to_unregister_observers ** Affects: webaccounts-browser-extension (Ubuntu) Importance: High Status: Triaged ** Changed in: webaccounts-browser-extension (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: webaccounts-browser-extension (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1037707 Title: Leaks browser windows indefinitely To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/webaccounts-browser-extension/+bug/1037707/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
