Brave Browser OOM Killed - Linux (≈ 6.25 GB consumption for mainly static tabs)

Description of the issue:

Brave gets OOM Killed

Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. 2. 3.

While I don’t have the exact steps to reproduce, I can give a system dump in the upcoming steps. I had ~17 tabs open with multiple of them in tab groups so possibly hibernating in the background.

If someone can share steps to grep brave logs after oom killed, I can get those when it crashes or gets oom killed again. Note that these websites are mostly static with information just being loaded once, so the tabs themselves aren’t consuming that much memory.

Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!):

dmesg logs:

[77163.649209] Tasks state (memory values in pages):
[77163.649210] [  pid  ]   uid  tgid total_vm      rss rss_anon rss_file rss_shmem pgtables_bytes swapents oom_score_adj name
[77163.649219] [    889]     0   889    27278      334      171      161         2   217088      352          -250 systemd-journal
[77163.649223] [    965]     0   965     7683      622      529       93         0    81920      448         -1000 systemd-udevd
[77163.649228] [   1509]   990  1509     4432      229      107      122         0    73728      128          -900 systemd-oomd
[77163.649231] [   1513]   991  1513     5656      622      467      155         0    81920      352             0 systemd-resolve
[77163.649233] [   1516]   996  1516    22866      185       65      120         0    81920      192             0 systemd-timesyn
[77163.649236] [   1904]   108  1904     2221      159      106       53         0    65536       64             0 avahi-daemon
[77163.649239] [   1905]     0  1905     3443      219       43      176         0    65536      160             0 bluetoothd
[77163.649241] [   1906]   101  1906     3148      946      787      159         0    65536       64          -900 dbus-daemon
[77163.649243] [   1909]   987  1909    91368      301       77      224         0   184320      544             0 gnome-remote-de
[77163.649275] [   1946]     0  1946    18435      189       26      163         0   139264      416          -900 virtlockd
[77163.649277] [   1947]     0  1947    18436      316      109      207         0   139264      352          -900 virtlogd
[77163.649279] [   1973]   108  1973     2119      247       93      154         0    57344        0             0 avahi-daemon
[77163.649282] [   1982]     0  1982   121325      361      300       61         0   196608      704             0 NetworkManager
[77163.649284] [   1987]     0  1987     4569      346      276       70         0    77824      128             0 wpa_supplicant
[77163.649286] [   2011]   102  2011    55689      207       49      158         0    94208      352             0 rsyslogd
[77163.649289] [   2134]     0  2134    98039      364      179      185         0   143360      320             0 ModemManager
[77163.649291] [   2186]     0  2186    79874      544      379      165         0   139264      576             0 upowerd
[77163.649293] [   2301]     0  2301   738676    39400    39400        0         0  2940928     3872             0 multipassd
[77163.649296] [   2310]     0  2310    29495      352      163      189         0   139264     2336             0 unattended-upgr
[77163.649298] [   2363]     0  2363   598109     2292     2261       31         0   421888     1056          -999 containerd
[77163.649300] [   2384]     0  2384     1701      218      135       30        53    57344      192             0 apache2
[77163.649303] [   2458]     0  2458    78706      330      128      202         0   131072      160             0 gdm3
[77163.649305] [   2561]   128  2561     2871      172       12      160         0    57344       96             0 dnsmasq
[77163.649307] [   2562]     0  2562     2871      166       38      128         0    57344       96             0 dnsmasq
[77163.649310] [   2787] 65534  2787     2626      194       42      152         0    61440       64             0 dnsmasq
[77163.649312] [   2796]   118  2796    80044      632      417      215         0   139264      768             0 colord
[77163.649315] [   3333]     0  3333   643234     3577     3577        0         0   516096     1760          -500 dockerd
[77163.649317] [   3347]   106  3347     3186      197       89      108         0    69632       32             0 kerneloops
[77163.649319] [   3363]   106  3363     3186      194       24      170         0    65536       96             0 kerneloops
[77163.649321] [   3376]    13  3376    23438      339      210      126         3   118784     1152             0 squid
[77163.649324] [   3379]    13  3379    38104     3804     3748       56         0   249856    10976             0 squid
[77163.649326] [   3390]    13  3390    16632      500      305      192         3   118784     1056             0 squid
[77163.649328] [   3393]    13  3393    17959     1414     1341       73         0   135168     1216             0 squid
[77163.649331] [   3400]    13  3400     1591      175       35      140         0    53248       32             0 log_file_daemon
[77163.649333] [   8941]     0  8941    97513      305      124      181         0   143360      320             0 gdm-session-wor
[77163.649336] [   8987]  1000  8987     5461      789      671      118         0    90112      256           100 systemd
[77163.649338] [   8993]  1000  8993     5405      247      137      110         0    86016      320           100 (sd-pam)
[77163.649340] [   9005]  1000  9005    38303     5039     4835       90       114   184320     5536           200 pipewire
[77163.649343] [   9006]  1000  9006    24434      223       61      162         0    86016      160           200 pipewire
[77163.649345] [   9009]  1000  9009   102457     1286     1162      124         0   159744      768           200 wireplumber
[77163.649347] [   9010]  1000  9010    73613    10988    10958       30         0   475136    34432           200 pipewire-pulse
[77163.649350] [   9012]  1000  9012   152923      326      143      183         0   192512      160           200 gnome-keyring-d
[77163.649352] [   9027]  1000  9027     3056      768      739       29         0    65536       64           200 dbus-daemon
[77163.649355] [   9055]  1000  9055   152574      272      121      151         0   176128       64           200 xdg-document-po
[77163.649357] [   9065]  1000  9065    77360      245       67      178         0   122880       64           200 xdg-permission-
[77163.649359] [   9074]  1000  9074      676      164       31      133         0    45056        0           200 fusermount3
[77163.649361] [   9121]  1000  9121    58917      266       94      172         0   110592       32             0 gdm-wayland-ses
[77163.649364] [   9139]  1000  9139    74552      298      126      172         0   176128      352             0 gnome-session-b
[77163.649366] [   9179]  1000  9179    40663      208       46      162         0    94208      128           200 gcr-ssh-agent
[77163.649369] [   9182]  1000  9182    22887      245       20      225         0    90112       96           200 gnome-session-c
[77163.649371] [   9200]  1000  9200    78565      322      225       97         0   126976       32           200 gvfsd
[77163.649373] [   9211]  1000  9211   114928      278      121      157         0   147456       64           200 gvfsd-fuse
[77163.649376] [   9214]  1000  9214   130173      581      372      208         1   217088      320           200 gnome-session-b
[77163.649378] [   9262]  1000  9262  1344349    44048    39292      840      3916  2523136    24480           100 gnome-shell
[77163.649380] [   9265]  1000  9265    95756      361      198      162         1   135168        0           200 at-spi-bus-laun
[77163.649383] [   9277]  1000  9277     2435      336      165      171         0    57344       32           200 dbus-daemon
[77163.649385] [   9391]  1000  9391    59017      295       94      201         0   102400       96           200 at-spi2-registr
[77163.649388] [   9411]  1000  9411   163704      453      235      217         1   208896      448           200 gnome-shell-cal
[77163.649390] [   9418]  1000  9418   315829      360      207      152         1   376832     1888           200 evolution-sourc
[77163.649393] [   9428]  1000  9428   136685      387      211      175         1   262144      704           200 goa-daemon
[77163.649395] [   9430]  1000  9430   731204     1003      800      203         0   270336      480           200 gjs
[77163.649398] [   9453]  1000  9453    97169      850      705      145         0   139264      672           200 ibus-daemon
[77163.649400] [   9454]  1000  9454    95901      299       92      206         1   135168       64           200 gsd-a11y-settin
[77163.649403] [   9457]  1000  9457   103286      415      171      181        63   192512      608           200 gsd-color
[77163.649406] [   9462]  1000  9462   107938      236      100      135         1   184320      256           200 gsd-datetime
[77163.649409] [   9464]  1000  9464    96347      379      199      179         1   131072       64           200 gsd-housekeepin
[77163.649412] [   9468]  1000  9468   102994      455      208      216        31   188416      544           200 gsd-keyboard
[77163.649415] [   9471]  1000  9471    97282      230      117      113         0   143360      128           200 goa-identity-se
[77163.649417] [   9479]  1000  9479   164983      649      484      134        31   241664      512           200 gsd-media-keys
[77163.649419] [   9486]  1000  9486   148318      673      425      185        63   229376      896           200 gsd-power
[77163.649422] [   9487]  1000  9487    80948      428      207      221         0   151552      160           200 gsd-print-notif
[77163.649424] [   9491]  1000  9491   132771      259       86      173         0   163840       96           200 gsd-rfkill
[77163.649427] [   9494]  1000  9494    77390      307       78      229         0   122880       64           200 gsd-screensaver
[77163.649430] [   9501]  1000  9501   135853      528      328      199         1   184320      160           200 gsd-sharing
[77163.649432] [   9506]  1000  9506    96476      312      116      195         1   139264      128           200 gsd-smartcard
[77163.649434] [   9509]  1000  9509    98431      406      136      269         1   151552      160           200 gsd-sound
[77163.649437] [   9511]  1000  9511   121671      416      215      138        63   200704      672           200 gsd-wacom
[77163.649440] [   9529]  1000  9529   292372      491      364      126         1   311296      512           200 evolution-calen
[77163.649443] [   9550]  1000  9550    97385      703      540      162         1   151552       96           200 gvfs-udisks2-vo
[77163.649445] [   9555]  1000  9555 303047678     6863     6640       97       126  1126400     8352           200 mattermost-desk
[77163.649449] [   9571]  1000  9571    76373      598      473      125         0   106496        0           200 gsd-disk-utilit
[77163.649452] [   9581]  1000  9581   203589     1977     1826      120        31   368640     1600           200 evolution-alarm
[77163.649455] [   9587]  1000  9587   411509     4804     4603      170        31   507904     9888           200 variety
[77163.649458] [   9631]  1000  9631    77624      280       78      201         1   122880       96           200 ibus-dconf
[77163.649460] [   9634]  1000  9634   105424     1297     1104      192         1   204800     1792           200 ibus-extension-
[77163.649463] [   9643]  1000  9643    77640      300      117      183         0   122880       64           200 ibus-portal
[77163.649465] [   9644]  1000  9644  8517642      482      274      208         0   389120     2016           200 mattermost-desk
[77163.649468] [   9645]  1000  9645      677      174       27      147         0    45056        0           200 chrome-sandbox
[77163.649470] [   9647]  1000  9647  8517640      812      661      151         0   372736     1600           200 mattermost-desk
[77163.649472] [   9671]  1000  9671   104051      285      181      104         0   192512      320           200 gsd-printer
[77163.649475] [   9682]  1000  9682   206377      309      155      153         1   303104      864           200 evolution-addre
[77163.649477] [   9700]  1000  9700  8517643      953      723      230         0   212992     1568           200 mattermost-desk
[77163.649479] [   9719]  1000  9719    77443      235       62      173         0   114688       96           200 gvfs-goa-volume
[77163.649481] [   9730]  1000  9730    77690      271      111      160         0   122880       96           200 gvfs-gphoto2-vo
[77163.649483] [   9735]  1000  9735    97344      243      114      129         0   147456      160           200 gvfs-afc-volume
[77163.649485] [   9741]  1000  9741    77448      252       81      171         0   118784       96           200 gvfs-mtp-volume
[77163.649487] [   9761]  1000  9761    59193      360      158      202         0   110592       32           200 ibus-engine-sim
[77163.649490] [   9765]  1000  9765     9782      241       91      150         0   118784      288           200 snapd-desktop-i
[77163.649492] [   9828]  1000  9828    57657      360      214      146         0    90112       32           200 dconf-service
[77163.649494] [   9845]  1000  9845   107412      349      168      180         1   225280     2016           200 snapd-desktop-i
[77163.649496] [   9855]  1000  9855   189113     5952     5737      215         0   876544     6112           100 Xwayland
[77163.649498] [   9872]  1000  9872   133957      526      348      178         0   163840       64           200 gvfsd-trash
[77163.649501] [   9892]  1000  9892   240992      515      474       40         1   241664      544           200 xdg-desktop-por
[77163.649503] [   9907]  1000  9907   183991     1743     1569      172         2   266240      864           200 tracker-miner-f
[77163.649505] [   9915]  1000  9915   742913     3582     3397      110        75  2822144    47552           200 xdg-desktop-por
[77163.649507] [   9945]  1000  9945   731188      413      264      149         0   278528     1152           200 gjs
[77163.649510] [   9962]  1000  9962   190774      450      318      131         1   512000     3424           200 gsd-xsettings
[77163.649512] [   9991]  1000  9991    66808      334      234      100         0   163840     1504           200 ibus-x11
[77163.649514] [  10041]  1000 10041   319122     5379     5212      167         0   819200     5856           100 mutter-x11-fram
[77163.649516] [  10060]  1000 10060   104452      570      371      168        31   192512     1440           200 xdg-desktop-por
[77163.649519] [  10096]  1000 10096  8644719     5354     5169       88        97  1310720     9088           200 mattermost-desk
[77163.649521] [  10105]  1000 10105  8481009     1420     1263      157         0   614400     2112           200 mattermost-desk
[77163.649523] [  10127]  1000 10127    59218      303      114      189         0   110592      192           200 gvfsd-metadata
[77163.649525] [  10143]  1000 10143 303062638     4095     3905      137        53   876544     2496           300 mattermost-desk
[77163.649528] [  10151]  1000 10151 303055254     1944     1776      147        21   798720     3360           300 mattermost-desk
[77163.649530] [  10163]  1000 10163 303069819   156607   156290      172       145  3207168     6112           300 mattermost-desk
[77163.649532] [  10173]  1000 10173 303055999     5072     4857      166        49   831488     3232           300 mattermost-desk
[77163.649534] [  10184]  1000 10184 303053085     1971     1773      148        50   782336     3072           300 mattermost-desk
[77163.649537] [  10193]  1000 10193 303055351     2294     2099      160        35   806912     3424           300 mattermost-desk
[77163.649539] [  10294]  1000 10294     2485      195       68      127         0    65536        0           100 brave-browser-s
[77163.649542] [  10300]  1000 10300     2107      128        0      128         0    61440        0           100 cat
[77163.649544] [  10301]  1000 10301     2107      179       28      151         0    57344        0           100 cat
[77163.649546] [  10302]  1000 10302  8610064    55195    54588      233       374  2748416    24064           100 brave
[77163.649549] [  10304]  1000 10304  8394522      159       66       93         0    77824       32           100 chrome_crashpad
[77163.649551] [  10306]  1000 10306  8392213      144        1      143         0    73728       64           100 chrome_crashpad
[77163.649554] [  10312]  1000 10312  8559104      478      302      176         0   577536     3200           100 brave
[77163.649556] [  10313]  1000 10313  8559102     1304     1154      150         0   573440     2336           100 brave
[77163.649559] [  10315]  1000 10315  8559108     1364     1245      119         0   294912     2272           100 brave
[77163.649561] [  10342]  1000 10342  8707453    14056    13504      119       433  1884160    12448           200 brave
[77163.649564] [  10343]  1000 10343  8511832     6426     6108      141       177  1064960     3584           200 brave
[77163.649566] [  10354]  1000 10354  8574367     2654     2333      194       127   708608     2528           200 brave
[77163.649569] [  10369]  1000 10369 303559961    28341    27977      118       246  1617920     7904           300 brave
[77163.649571] [  10373]  1000 10373 303547178     4209     3801      172       236  1028096     3264           300 brave
[77163.649574] [  10437]  1000 10437 303106852     3285     2766      156       363   913408     3392           300 brave
[77163.649576] [  10550]  1000 10550 303119409     6837     6384      165       288  1093632     2880           300 brave
[77163.649579] [  10570]  1000 10570  8518057      798      614      152        32   737280     3328           200 brave
[77163.649581] [  11310]  1000 11310   115602      420      197      222         1   155648       96           200 gvfsd-network
[77163.649584] [  11359]  1000 11359    97637      399      207      192         0   147456       64           200 gvfsd-dnssd
[77163.649586] [  11458]  1000 11458 303559556     5397     4234      123      1040  1630208     9376           300 brave
[77163.649588] [  11494]  1000 11494 303055716     6055     5811       90       154  1351680     8768           100 slack
[77163.649591] [  11541]  1000 11541  8517642      377      178      199         0   385024     2112           100 slack
[77163.649593] [  11542]  1000 11542  8517640      791      634      157         0   376832     1632           100 slack
[77163.649595] [  11544]  1000 11544  8517646      770      631      139         0   217088     1664           100 slack
[77163.649598] [  11590]  1000 11590  8394213      190       52      138         0    77824       32           100 chrome_crashpad
[77163.649600] [  11606]  1000 11606  8644674     2163     1971       82       110  1269760     9440           200 slack
[77163.649603] [  11617]  1000 11617  8481141     1121     1026       95         0   602112     2272           100 slack
[77163.649605] [  11693]  1000 11693 303493797    65689    65371       83       235  3072000    11461           300 slack
[77163.649607] [  11934]  1000 11934  8483977      378      275       76        27   499712     2240           100 slack
[77163.649610] [  12376]  1000 12376   123095     1177     1071       72        34   204800      640           200 update-notifier
[77163.649612] [  13565]  1000 13565    97421      724      546      178         0   147456       64           200 gvfsd-recent
[77163.649614] [  15666]  1000 15666   477556     1231     1231        0         0   262144      544           200 snap
[77163.649617] [  15988]  1000 15988    80043      386      181      205         0   143360       96           200 gvfsd-http
[77163.649620] [  19625]     0 19625   144356     1556     1402      154         0   462848      736             0 fwupd
[77163.649623] [  21047]  1000 21047   184756     5974     3897      185      1892   348160     2080           200 gnome-terminal-
[77163.649625] [  24276]  1000 24276  1003799    51698    51366      106       226  3596288    53632           100 thunderbird-bin
[77163.649628] [  24563]  1000 24563   619839     1236      925      177       134   622592     3712           167 Isolated Web Co
[77163.649630] [  24989]  1000 24989     2108      256       64      192         0    57344      128           200 ssh-agent
[77163.649632] [  25199]  1000 25199  8483973      352      288       64         0   495616     2016           200 mattermost-desk
[77163.649635] [  27211]  1000 27211   261722      657      499      158         0   438272     3392           200 gnome-calendar
[77163.649637] [  27302]  1000 27302    39428       96       32       64         0    90112       32           200 gpg-agent
[77163.649640] [  27583]  1000 27583   109366      553      371      182         0   245760     3488           200 seahorse
[77163.649642] [  27914]  1000 27914 303557970    52921    51828       64      1029  1974272     9792           300 brave
[77163.649644] [  29421]  1000 29421 303122360   272428   271271       96      1061  4194304     8448           300 brave
[77163.649647] [  30139]  1000 30139     6767     1262     1102      160         0    98304     2208           200 zsh
[77163.649650] [  31864]  1000 31864     4815     1229     1101      128         0    81920      224           200 zsh
[77163.649652] [  42818]  1000 42818 303120111   385947   384745       96      1106  5849088    62592           300 brave
[77163.649654] [  42990]  1000 42990 303126863   389169   387877      160      1132  6074368    67040           300 brave
[77163.649657] [  52856]    33 52856   499875      352      128      224         0   393216      288             0 apache2
[77163.649660] [  52857]    33 52857   499875      320       96      224         0   393216      288             0 apache2
[77163.649662] [  52925]     0 52925     9561      320      128      192         0   106496      384             0 cupsd
[77163.649665] [  52929]   115 52929    67203      384      224      160         0   172032      512             0 cups-browsed
[77163.649667] [  52934]    13 52934     1624      192       64      128         0    57344        0             0 pinger
[77163.649669] [  52940]    13 52940     1624      128       64       64         0    57344        0             0 pinger
[77163.649673] [  59033]   117 59033     5735      160       32      128         0    69632       32             0 rtkit-daemon
[77163.649676] [  59210]  1000 59210   768395     3295     2908      130       257   389120     1376           100 gjs
[77163.649679] [  59457]  1000 59457 303119919   193177   192028      160       989  3170304     8480           300 brave
[77163.649681] [  59563]  1000 59563 303120891    22714    21566      192       956  1396736     7744           300 brave
[77163.649684] [  59580]  1000 59580 303119195     4363     4000      128       235   995328     3328           300 brave
[77163.649686] [  59604]  1000 59604 303121375     6415     5953      192       270  1122304     3744           300 brave
[77163.649688] [  59630]  1000 59630 303120049   193914   192747      128      1039  3174400     7840           300 brave
[77163.649691] [  59696]  1000 59696 303120065   193371   192236       96      1039  3162112     8032           300 brave
[77163.649693] [  59714]  1000 59714 303120049   193010   191961       96       953  3158016     8256           300 brave
[77163.649695] [  59732]  1000 59732 303120107   198497   197364      128      1005  3284992     8544           300 brave
[77163.649698] [  59751]  1000 59751 303119926   199878   198648      160      1070  3289088     8640           300 brave
[77163.649700] [  59769]  1000 59769 303119935   199924   198721      160      1043  3280896     8800           300 brave
[77163.649703] [  61209]  1000 61209 303538169    11012    10268      185       559  1110016     5440           200 code
[77163.649705] [  61215]  1000 61215  8512907      416      256      160         0   344064     1824           200 code
[77163.649707] [  61216]  1000 61216  8512904      832      608      224         0   372736     1408           200 code
[77163.649709] [  61219]  1000 61219  8512909      746      618      128         0   208896     1440           200 code
[77163.649712] [  61238]  1000 61238  8394230      192       32      160         0    69632       32           200 chrome_crashpad
[77163.649714] [  61254]  1000 61254  8635895     3148     2574      107       467  1183744     6752           200 code
[77163.649716] [  61259]  1000 61259  8464014      845      691      128        26   471040     1632           200 code
[77163.649718] [  61274]  1000 61274 304527994    64509    64301      160        48  1863680    11291           300 code
[77163.649720] [  61315]  1000 61315 303485662     6108     5905      192        11  1024000     3776           200 code
[77163.649723] [  61316]  1000 61316 303489900     1404     1308       96         0   741376     6048           200 code
[77163.649725] [  61338]  1000 61338 303488299    27178    26986      160        32  1191936     7328           200 code
[77163.649727] [  61641]  1000 61641   828181    15756    15692       64         0   696320     5664           200 gopls
[77163.649730] [  62499]  1000 62499 302991986     1295     1103      192         0   548864     3712           200 code
[77163.649733] [  62592]  1000 62592 303120479    14540    13313      224      1003  1200128     2208           300 brave
[77163.649736] [  62608]  1000 62608 303119925   137982   136851      128      1003  2605056     2976           300 brave
[77163.649744] [  63633]  1000 63633 303541833     8543     8127      192       224   978944     2309           300 brave
[77163.649747] [  64020]  1000 64020 307846812    86009    84590      224      1195  3530752     3497           300 brave
[77163.649753] [  64116]  1000 64116 303117668    35474    35175       32       267  1351680     2537           300 brave
[77163.649756] [  64144]  1000 64144 303098639     2657     2305      160       192   741376     2346           300 brave
[77163.649773] oom-kill:constraint=CONSTRAINT_NONE,nodemask=(null),cpuset=user.slice,mems_allowed=0,global_oom,task_memcg=/user.slice/user-1000.slice/[email protected]/session.slice/[email protected],task=brave,pid=42990,uid=1000
[77163.649833] Out of memory: Killed process 42990 (brave) total-vm:1212507452kB, anon-rss:1551508kB, file-rss:640kB, shmem-rss:4528kB, UID:1000 pgtables:5932kB oom_score_adj:300

Expected result:

Well, it does not crash would be the expected result

Reproduces how often:

Has happened a few times in the past (with older versions), but once with this version

Operating System and Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu):

Version 1.73.91 Chromium: 131.0.6778.85 (Official Build) (64-bit)

$ neofetch
            .-/+oossssoo+/-.               vyom@vyom-bpzb 
        `:+ssssssssssssssssss+:`           -------------- 
      -+ssssssssssssssssssyyssss+-         OS: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS x86_64 
    .ossssssssssssssssssdMMMNysssso.       Host: 82AU Lenovo Legion 5 15IMH05 
   /ssssssssssshdmmNNmmyNMMMMhssssss/      Kernel: 6.8.0-49-generic 
  +ssssssssshmydMMMMMMMNddddyssssssss+     Uptime: 22 hours, 16 mins 
 /sssssssshNMMMyhhyyyyhmNMMMNhssssssss/    Packages: 2817 (dpkg), 23 (snap) 
.ssssssssdMMMNhsssssssssshNMMMdssssssss.   Shell: zsh 5.9 
+sssshhhyNMMNyssssssssssssyNMMMysssssss+   Resolution: 1920x1080 
ossyNMMMNyMMhsssssssssssssshmmmhssssssso   DE: GNOME 46.0 
ossyNMMMNyMMhsssssssssssssshmmmhssssssso   WM: Mutter 
+sssshhhyNMMNyssssssssssssyNMMMysssssss+   WM Theme: Adwaita 
.ssssssssdMMMNhsssssssssshNMMMdssssssss.   Theme: Yaru-blue-dark [GTK2/3] 
 /sssssssshNMMMyhhyyyyhdNMMMNhssssssss/    Icons: Yaru-blue [GTK2/3] 
  +sssssssssdmydMMMMMMMMddddyssssssss+     Terminal: gnome-terminal 
   /ssssssssssshdmNNNNmyNMMMMhssssss/      CPU: Intel i7-10750H (12) @ 2.600GHz 
    .ossssssssssssssssssdMMMNysssso.       GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile 
      -+sssssssssssssssssyyyssss+-         GPU: Intel CometLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics] 
        `:+ssssssssssssssssss+:`           Memory: 7850MiB / 15858MiB 
            .-/+oossssoo+/-.
                                                                                                                                      

Additional Information:

  1. Highest Memory Consumption:
[77163.649654] [  42990]  1000 42990 303126863   389169   387877      160      1132  6074368    67040           300 brave
[77163.649650] [  42818]  1000 42818 303120111   385947   384745       96      1106  5849088    62592           300 brave
[77163.649657] [  59630]  1000 59630 303120049   193914   192747      128      1039  3174400     7840           300 brave
[77163.649695] [  59732]  1000 59732 303120107   198497   197364      128      1005  3284992     8544           300 brave
[77163.649700] [  59769]  1000 59769 303119935   199924   198721      160      1043  3280896     8800           300 brave
  • 42990: 389,169 pages ≈ 1.52 GB
  • 42818: 385,947 pages ≈ 1.51 GB
  • 59630: 193,914 pages ≈ 757 MB
  • 59732: 198,497 pages ≈ 775 MB
  • 59769: 199,924 pages ≈ 781 MB

Total: 1,367,451 pages ≈ 5.34 GB

  1. Mid-range Memory Consumption:
[77163.649693] [  59714]  1000 59714 303120049   193010   191961       96       953  3158016     8256           300 brave
[77163.649686] [  59604]  1000 59604 303121375     6415     5953      192       270  1122304     3744           300 brave
[77163.649684] [  59580]  1000 59580 303119195     4363     4000      128       235   995328     3328           300 brave
[77163.649574] [  10369]  1000 10369 303559961    28341    27977      118       246  1617920     7904           300 brave
  • 59714: 193,010 pages ≈ 754 MB
  • 59604: 6,415 pages ≈ 25 MB
  • 59580: 4,363 pages ≈ 17 MB
  • 10369: 28,341 pages ≈ 111 MB

Total: 232,129 pages ≈ 907 MB

Combined Grand Total: 1,599,580 pages ≈ 6.25 GB

I think this much memory consumption for a bunch of static tabs is really unreasonable. There is a memory leak somewhere or some other problem. I can give more information if I receive some guidance on that.

Thanks

Crashed again:

[86351.121670] Out of memory: Killed process 78749 (brave) total-vm:1212498100kB, anon-rss:619956kB, file-rss:256kB, shmem-rss:760kB, UID:1000 pgtables:3936kB oom_score_adj:300

This has been happening more recently.

Brave, Chrome, and other browsers built on the same architecture will spawn multiple pages like that as a security measure. It’s called sandboxing. If a specific process is compromised or stalls out, the browser can close that one process down without crashing the browser.

Doesn’t seem like the case. Brave doesn’t close anything before the os oom kills it.