Brave: Freezes/Crashes when opening new Tab

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Description of the issue:
At random times when im opening a new tab, Usually by doing CTRL + T, The entire browser just freezes and crashes i then have to force end Brave. Then Reopen Brave. After i get my already open Tabs back and i do CTRL + T, the browser usually crashes again.

How can this issue be reproduced?
Can be reproduced by Opening a new Tab, Either CTRL + T or by pressing the little + Sign after the last tab.

Expected result:
Would like this fixed, it’s very frustrating.

Brave Version( check About Brave):
Brave is up to date

Brave 1.79.123 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Chromium: 137.0.7151.104
Additional Information:

Custom pc build:
9900k ( 20% in use)
32gb ram ( only 43% in use) with everything that is open.
3070

I have already fully reinstalled Brave on my desktop.
I have 3 monitors running with diverse applications.
Running Windows 11 pro.
I have a buddy who has the exact same issue.

Crash reports:

Crash from Monday, May 5, 2025 at 4:54:10 PM

Status: Uploaded
Uploaded Crash Report ID: af522500-4778-c80d-0000-000000000000
Upload Time: Monday, May 5, 2025 at 4:54:12 PM
Local Crash Context: 0fa6cc8e-ec70-455d-8b5e-b89b03d6f5a8

Crash from Monday, May 5, 2025 at 2:38:01 PM

Status: Uploaded
Uploaded Crash Report ID: edf72300-4778-c80d-0000-000000000000
Upload Time: Monday, May 5, 2025 at 2:38:03 PM
Local Crash Context: 936eca74-07c0-4bc1-996a-cc5f1762f1e4

Crash from Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 6:16:38 PM

|Status:|Not uploaded| ( I clicked send now)
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|Local Crash Context:|67de92c8-8dfc-40ca-92a3-618d14671c3c|

Edit
Brave crashed twice again today. When i go look at brave://crashes there isnt anything there.

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Is it possibly related to this (was one of your tabs running a video)?
My solution to videos freezing while switched to a different tab or application

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Thank you for the detailed report! I have sent to the team for review.

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The Crashes that happened today, Non of my tabs were playing a video. Also after the first crash when i reopend brave and restored my pages the second i opened a new tab it crashed.

Also the Issue that is being mentioned is a different issue.

Thank you for taking your time to respond and think

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Do you have any recent crash logs from this month?

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Unfortunately i don’t, they don’t seem to pop-up in brave://crashes/ anymore.

06-19, it crashed again twice this morning.
edit 06-19 Again brave has crashed twice. Nothing to be seen in brave://crashes/

Would there be another place crash reports might be stored locally?

I also double checked Privacy Settings and under Data Collection. Automatically send Diagnostic reports is turned on.

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Update: this morning Brave Crashed twice by going to an existing tab and the second i wanted to write something in the URL bar it froze.

No new crash reports.

Edit: Once brave freezes if i dont click on anything and just wait eventually itl resume like normal sometimes.

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Any update from the team regarding the issues im experiencing?

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It’s difficult to investigate without recent crash logs. Do you have many extensions installed?

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I only have Metamask & Ublock Origin installed.
Im pretty sure ublock is standard. so i only added metamask

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This sounds like performance or memory-related. There are no standard extensions installed with Brave. I would suggest disabling extensions to see if the experience improves.

How many tabs/windows do you have active? Are you using Memory Saver?

You can also try your graphics acceleration settings here: brave://settings/system

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Brave Currently takes up 4.3gb with around 31 tabs open.
I doubt it would be a memory issue since i have 32gb of ram, when looking at task manager/Resource manager my ram usage percentage does not go above 60% usually hovering around 40-45%
( Currently also Running Discord,Telegram,Steam in the background)

I just checked and Graphics accelerator/Memory saver are both disabled. Should i test with both on?

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When graphics acceleration is disabled, you’re offloading everything to the CPU. I would suggest enabling both to see if the experience improves.

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Thank you for the quick responses, I will test Brave with both settings on.