[kwlug-disc] Firefox Javascript issue?

Doug Moen doug at moens.org
Tue Nov 28 20:04:00 EST 2023


Works for me (with uBlock origin as the only extension), but I'm running an earlier Firefox.

First thing to try is disable all of your extensions. Maybe try it in a private browsing window, since that usually disables your extensions.

On Tue, Nov 28, 2023, at 11:29 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> I am running Firefox 120.0 installed from the Ubuntu Mozilla Team PPA
> repository, which is at:
>
> https://launchpad.net/~mozillateam
>
> I noticed that some sites peg the CPU, and it is Javascript.
>
> The first site is Google Maps (happens immediately).
> Another is a self hosted RSS server application. In this case, the
> pegging does not happen immediately, and restarting Firefox clears it
> for some time.
>
> Using Firefox's about:processes, and then profiling the tab for 5
> seconds, show that it is caused by Javascript.
>
> Anyone seen something like this?
> -- 
> Khalid M. Baheyeldin
>
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