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Firefox Crash Due to 25 GB Memory Consumption

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Personal experienceImported from BlueskyPublished Oct 14, 2026

Impact: crashing and freeing up 25 gb of memory i didn't know it was eating

From the original report

“happened to have task manager open to capture my firefox crashing and freeing up 25 gb of memory i didn't know it was eating”
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Imported from Bluesky
Source published
Oct 14, 2026
Observed
Unknown
Added to CleanApp
Oct 14, 2026
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Original issue status
Unknown
Resolution
Unknown
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Not independently reproduced

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Why this source type: The author directly reports observing their Firefox browser crash while consuming 25 GB of memory.

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Firefox Crash Due to 25 GB Memory Consumption: Firefox crashed after consuming approximately 25 GB of system memory, causing browser termination and a sharp drop in system memory usage.

Report counts are not affected-user counts. A closed original issue does not confirm a fix.

Public ID: rpt_aPJTZ7ngS5rMA7_7Ofhqig

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