Brave 100% CPU utilization (Linux desktop)

Every time I launch Brave, it is running at 100% CPU utilization.

Killing all tabs does not help. The main process is perpetually at 100% CPU utilization.

Using latest version.


What do you see with respect to resource usage when you launch/run another browser and/or application?

I generally do not have problems with other software, but I have been noticing this issue with Brave for at least a few weeks.

Shortly after posting this, I attached to the process with strace to see what it was doing and it suddenly stopped. Prior to that I had restarted Brave 3x and the issue persisted.

I’m sure it will be back soon…

Can you try disabling Graphics Acceleration in settings to see if this resolves the issue?

You’ll find this in Settings --> System --> Graphics Acceleration