Brave browser hanging/freezing since last update

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Description of the issue:
Since the most recent upgrade, the browser constantly freezes up or had a lag. Even while typing this, it’s freezing up. It freezes when typing, while website are loading & when trying to scroll through webpages. It usually freezes for about 5-10 seconds before it starts moving again. Very frustrating.

How can this issue be reproduced?
It happens every time I use Brave. It actually froze up while typing this.

  1. Do any activity in Brave - type something
    2.Open a webpage
    3.Scroll on a page

Expected result:
Fix the problem so the browser functions normally again.

Brave Version( check About Brave):
Version 1.30.87 Chromium: 94.0.4606.71 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Additional Information:

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Hi @Jodijode – do you have the same issues if you create a new profile and test it there?

I reported something similar the other day, in my case it’s most evident with Tab To Search, but I’m wondering if it’s the same underlying issue that you and I are both being bitten by.

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It still seems to do it with the new profile. Maybe not quite as much but still happening. I also tried clearing my cache but it didn’t seem to make a difference.

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

You’ll find this in Settings --> Additional Settings --> System --> Hardware Acceleration

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This worked for me, thanks!

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@krut,
You’re very welcome – happy to help.

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Didn’t seem to work for me.

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@Jodijode,
Do you have any extensions installed at this time? If you use a Private browsing window does the browser behave any differently?

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Brave 1.30.89 just got released, can you update and see if anything changes? My issue (the one I linked earlier) has been resolved in this version.

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Thanks for letting me know about the update. For some reason it wasn’t showing the update button in the right corner like it usually does. I now have it updated & even though I’ve only been using it for about 10 minutes, so far it doesn’t seem to be hanging up like it did before. Hopefully the problem is fixed!!

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I am having this same problem, and it is so bad as to be unusable (it froze three times while typing this reply). I have a few extensions installed but nothing out of the ordinary, and I am reluctant to reset them because I have data in the extensions I do not want to lose.

Brave also uses a massive % of CPU and memory constantly (multiples higher than Chrome when both are open with similar tabs). Metamask in particular takes 10+ minutes to even render, while even with Metamask closed and just scrolling on a webpage (or typing), there are regular freezes almost every 30-40 seconds.

I am at my wit’s end. I don’t want to switch browsers, but I cannot continue using Brave if anything close to this keeps up.

I have the latest version (Version 1.30.89 Chromium: 94.0.4606.81 (Official Build) (arm64)]), hardware acceleration is disabled, I cleared my cache, I restarted my computer, I tried using a fresh/new browser profile, nothing has worked.

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Did you recently add any new extensions? If so, I would just remove those & see if you notice a difference.

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No new extensions since the behavior started.

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What did you mean by “reset them” (the extensions)? I don’t think I’ve ever seen an extension that you couldn’t temporarily disable without losing its data.

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