Firefox 3 and Gmail PROBLEM: Unstoppable memory leak,100% CPU usage, crash!

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Anônimo

Disabled GChat. And problem solved.

Thanks for the excellent tip, Roberto! :)

wolfie2x
Firefox user

firefox 3.0.1 + ubuntu 8.04.1 => same here! :(

Jonathan
Firefox user

Same problem, FireFox 3.0, GChat, and GCalender-Outlook Sync, Vista.
I just turned off GChat, still see memory leak.

Jonathan
Firefox user

Good news to me. I've solved the memory leak. VistaSp1+FireFox3.03 didn't give me this problem three days ago.

After I tried couple setup of Gmail/GChat/GCalender without any improvement, I switched to FireFox SafeMode and opened several folders in two FireFox. No memory drain. I switched back to FireFox normal mode, the problem is gone. Lucky me. I am not sure if the problem is gone for good. At least, I watch the FireFox having relatively stable memory usage for about an hour.

Wish you luck.

Yossi
Firefox user

Anyone found the official solution for this?
Did anyone report this bug to mozilla??

Vivian
Firefox user

Hello, I found this thread through Google. I am using ie and
I am having the same issues. Turning off chat didn't help. The only way I can access gmail in a timely fashion is by using the basic html version for slower connection. This happens only on my desktop. gmail on my laptop works fine. I have disabled many add on's but with no luck so far.

Dovregubben
Firefox user

I believe this problem is caused by Gmail, not Firefox.

I have experienced the problem, but only with one Debian Linux desktop. All the rest of the computers I use — Debian, Ubuntu, windoze, etc., including the ones I use at work (I work in a datacenter.... that's quite a few) — don't seem to have any issue running Gmail with the terminal skin and two or three chats at a time, often for an entire 8-10 hour shift.

One thing that seems to improve the way Gmail plays with other applications is using the older version. You can either click the link near the top of the page, or append "?ui=1" to the url.

Netticat
Firefox user

Same issue here.

mooboy76
Firefox user

Same thing here on OSX 10.4.11 and FF 3.5

As soon as I switched to the 'Older Version' of GMAIL, the CPU went down to 1% usage (from 90-100%). I thought I had a browser hijack!

Aldo_BSB_BR
Firefox user

Same problem here!! Is there anything a can do to stop this problem?

Judy
Firefox user

same problem - it just started when I changed to FF 3 - also can't use the Norton tools

karl
Firefox user

problem is somewhere in greasemonkey add-on. disable it and things work fine.

msb
Firefox user

except for the fact that I don't have greasemonkey. :p

Anoniem

once you log in to you account switch to "older version" of gmail. You have to do it every time you log in though :(

Thomas
Firefox user

I had the same problem, but I'm running Ubuntu Linux and FireFox. Turning off Gmail chat as Roberto suggested fixed the problem for me.

Darrell
Firefox user

Hi, I've had the same problem with Yahoo! Email Classic. It happens frequently when I try to check mail or go to the previous or next message, or go back to the inbox, etc. Usually, the cpu usage is normal, but Firefox quickly uses up all the memory on the machine.

I've had this problem on several machines, all running Windows XP, and with various versions of Firefox, all numbered 3.0 or higher. The problem still exists with 3.5.3.

I originally though the problem was with Yahoo!. But if the problem also exists with gmail, then it seems likely that it is a Firefox problem.

Darrell
Firefox user

I'm having the same problem with Yahoo! Mail Classic. Often, when I hit, next, previous, inbox, check mail, etc., Firefox uses up all the memory on the machine although the CPU usage is normal

I've had this problem on several machines running XP and several versions of Firefox. The problem still exists in 3.5.3.

dublinpd
Firefox user

I've got problems using gmail and even searching on google. After updating to version 3.5.3 gmail and google are not working well. Sometimes the browser crashes for no apparent reason. When using gmail, the simply fact of changing to spam folder to wipe the messages out it simply doesn't work just an indication on gmail Loading and after some time still working... I haven't tried another browser yet. I'll post after doing it...

Bartek
Firefox user

I have the same problems, but on both FF 3.5.5 and IE. As soon as I start gmail, my CPU goes crazy 100%, even if the chat is blocked by the network admins.