Constant crashing since latest update

Description of the issue:

Brave is randomly crashing, I have no idea what is causing it. Sometimes it simply freezes up, and forcing a quit doesn’t actually quit - the page remains frozen with the spinning wheel showing, even though the operating system shows that Brave has quit. Restarting the computer resolves the issue. At other times, it simply causes my computer to panic and restart itself.

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

Using Brave, sometimes on a page with elements such as embedded video, Twitter or Tiktok links, other times with a minimal amount of extra elements. Or as just now, simply trying to open Brave.

Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!):
Partial report from most recent freeze follows. The full report is massive and probably won’t fit here:

Date/Time: 2022-08-09 11:53:02 -0700
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.13.6 (Build 17G66)
Architecture: x86_64
Report Version: 26

Data Source: Stackshots

Command: Brave Browser
Path: /Applications/Brave Browser.app/Contents/MacOS/Brave Browser
Identifier: com.brave.Browser
Version: 103.1.41.100 (141.100)
Parent: launchd [1]
PID: 310

Event: hang
Duration: 5.39s (process was unresponsive for 93 seconds before sampling)
Steps: 54 (100ms sampling interval)

Hardware model: Macmini6,1
Active cpus: 4

Time Awake Since Boot: 400s

Fan speed: 1800 rpm


Timeline format: stacks are sorted chronologically
Use -i and -heavy to re-report with count sorting

Heaviest stack for the main thread of the target process:
54 start + 1 (libdyld.dylib + 4117) [0x7fff664e9015]
54 main + 203 (Brave Browser + 5611) [0x1013265eb]
54 ??? (<4C4C44F4-5555-3144-A195-C0A15011AFF7> + 12183) [0x109a1ff97]
54 ??? (<4C4C44F4-5555-3144-A195-C0A15011AFF7> + 21323116) [0x10ae72d6c]
54 ??? (<4C4C44F4-5555-3144-A195-C0A15011AFF7> + 18132846) [0x10ab67f6e]
54 ??? (<4C4C44F4-5555-3144-A195-C0A15011AFF7> + 24682685) [0x10b1a70bd]
54 ??? (<4C4C44F4-5555-3144-A195-C0A15011AFF7> + 24683092) [0x10b1a7254]
54 ??? (<4C4C44F4-5555-3144-A195-C0A15011AFF7> + 15574638) [0x10a8f766e]
54 ??? (<4C4C44F4-5555-3144-A195-C0A15011AFF7> + 15576970) [0x10a8f7f8a]
54 ??? (<4C4C44F4-5555-3144-A195-C0A15011AFF7> + 25537124) [0x10b277a64]
54 ??? (<4C4C44F4-5555-3144-A195-C0A15011AFF7> + 33501766) [0x10ba10246]
54 -[NSApplication run] + 764 (AppKit + 223365) [0x7fff3bb99885]
54 ??? (<4C4C44F4-5555-3144-A195-C0A15011AFF7> + 39520785) [0x10bfcda11]
54 ??? (<4C4C44F4-5555-3144-A195-C0A15011AFF7> + 111946) [0x109a3854a]
54 ??? (<4C4C44F4-5555-3144-A195-C0A15011AFF7> + 90025871) [0x10eff7f8f]
54 -[NSApplication(NSEvent) _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 3044 (AppKit + 8224308) [0x7fff3c33ae34]
54 _DPSNextEvent + 2085 (AppKit + 268915) [0x7fff3bba4a73]
54 _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 64 (HIToolbox + 194692) [0x7fff3d8f3884]
54 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 613 (HIToolbox + 195334) [0x7fff3d8f3b06]
54 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 286 (HIToolbox + 195990) [0x7fff3d8f3d96]
54 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 487 (CoreFoundation + 530871) [0x7fff3e6139b7]
54 __CFRunLoopRun + 1293 (CoreFoundation + 532829) [0x7fff3e61415d]
54 __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 300 (CoreFoundation + 535868) [0x7fff3e614d3c]
54 __CFRunLoopDoSource0 + 108 (CoreFoundation + 1406476) [0x7fff3e6e960c]
54 CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION + 17 (CoreFoundation + 654641) [0x7fff3e631d31]
54 __NSThreadPerformPerform + 334 (Foundation + 426677) [0x7fff407722b5]
54 ??? (<1682D4BF-0208-39F0-97B4-E4E9F3EF3F19> + 52314) [0x1067a0c5a]
54 ??? (<1682D4BF-0208-39F0-97B4-E4E9F3EF3F19> + 53870) [0x1067a126e]
54 -[NSFileManager removeItemAtPath:error:] + 84 (Foundation + 487043) [0x7fff40780e83]
54 -[__NSOperationInternal _start:] + 778 (Foundation + 239854) [0x7fff407448ee]
54 -[NSFilesystemItemRemoveOperation main] + 171 (Foundation + 487412) [0x7fff40780ff4]
54 removefile + 151 (libremovefile.dylib + 7127) [0x7fff6651ebd7]
47 __removefile_tree_walker + 222 (libremovefile.dylib + 6282) [0x7fff6651e88a]
42 __removefile_process_file + 103 (libremovefile.dylib + 5755) [0x7fff6651e67b]
42 __unlink + 10 (libsystem_kernel.dylib + 119202) [0x7fff6663a1a2]
*42 hndl_unix_scall64 + 22 (kernel + 125382) [0xffffff800021e9c6]
*42 unix_syscall64 + 616 (kernel + 6306152) [0xffffff8000803968]
*21 ??? (kernel + 2811569) [0xffffff80004ae6b1]
*21 vnode_put_locked + 67 (kernel + 2724147) [0xffffff8000499133]
*21 VNOP_INACTIVE + 68 (kernel + 2943492) [0xffffff80004cea04]
*21 hfs_vnop_inactive + 205 (HFS + 269940) [0xffffff7f826d9e74]
*12 hfs_cnode_teardown + 1000 (HFS + 271081) [0xffffff7f826da2e9]
*9 hfs_removeallattr + 296 (HFS + 120485) [0xffffff7f826b56a5]
*9 hfs_start_transaction + 502 (HFS + 307446) [0xffffff7f826e30f6]
*9 lck_mtx_lock + 653 (kernel + 117517) [0xffffff800021cb0d]
*9 lck_mtx_lock_wait_x86 + 486 (kernel + 1575750) [0xffffff8000380b46]
*9 thread_block_reason + 175 (kernel + 550463) [0xffffff800028663f]
*9 ??? (kernel + 554618) [0xffffff800028767a]
*3 machine_switch_context + 205 (kernel + 1584605) [0xffffff8000382ddd] (blocked by kernel mutex owned by launchd [1] thread 0x30b5)

Process: Brave Browser (Brave) [310]
Path: /Applications/Brave Browser.app/Contents/MacOS/Brave Browser
Architecture: x86_64
Parent: launchd [1]
UID: 501
Task size: 227.04 MB (+4096 B)
Pageins: 1 pages
CPU Time: 0.018s (34.1M cycles, 17.3M instructions, 1.97c/i)
Note: Unresponsive for 93 seconds before sampling
Note: 3 idle work queue threads omitted

Thread 0xe00 DispatchQueue 1 Thread name “CrBrowserMain” 54 samples (1-54) priority 46-47 (base 31-47) cpu time 0.010s (17.2M cycles, 9.9M instructions, 1.74c/i)
<process frontmost, thread QoS user interactive (requested user interactive), process unclamped, process received importance donation from WindowServer [126], IO tier 0, priority 47 (47)>
54 start + 1 (libdyld.dylib + 4117) [0x7fff664e9015] 1-54
54 main + 203 (Brave Browser + 5611) [0x1013265eb] 1-54
54 ??? (<4C4C44F4-5555-3144-A195-C0A15011AFF7> + 12183) [0x109a1ff97] 1-54
54 ??? (<4C4C44F4-5555-3144-A195-C0A15011AFF7> + 21323116) [0x10ae72d6c] 1-54
54 ??? (<4C4C44F4-5555-3144-A195-C0A15011AFF7> + 18132846) [0x10ab67f6e] 1-54
54 ??? (<4C4C44F4-5555-3144-A195-C0A15011AFF7> + 24682685) [0x10b1a70bd] 1-54
54 ??? (<4C4C44F4-5555-3144-A195-C0A15011AFF7> + 24683092) [0x10b1a7254] 1-54
54 ??? (<4C4C44F4-5555-3144-A195-C0A15011AFF7> + 15574638) [0x10a8f766e] 1-54
54 ??? (<4C4C44F4-5555-3144-A195-C0A15011AFF7> + 15576970) [0x10a8f7f8a] 1-54
54 ??? (<4C4C44F4-5555-3144-A195-C0A15011AFF7> + 25537124) [0x10b277a64] 1-54
54 ??? (<4C4C44F4-5555-3144-A195-C0A15011AFF7> + 33501766) [0x10ba10246] 1-54
54 -[NSApplication run] + 764 (AppKit + 223365) [0x7fff3bb99885] 1-54
54 ??? (<4C4C44F4-5555-3144-A195-C0A15011AFF7> + 39520785) [0x10bfcda11] 1-54
54 ??? (<4C4C44F4-5555-3144-A195-C0A15011AFF7> + 111946) [0x109a3854a] 1-54
54 ??? (<4C4C44F4-5555-3144-A195-C0A15011AFF7> + 90025871) [0x10eff7f8f] 1-54
54 -[NSApplication(NSEvent) _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 3044 (AppKit + 8224308) [0x7fff3c33ae34] 1-54
54 _DPSNextEvent + 2085 (AppKit + 268915) [0x7fff3bba4a73] 1-54
54 _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 64 (HIToolbox + 194692) [0x7fff3d8f3884] 1-54
54 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 613 (HIToolbox + 195334) [0x7fff3d8f3b06] 1-54
54 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 286 (HIToolbox + 195990) [0x7fff3d8f3d96] 1-54
54 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 487 (CoreFoundation + 530871) [0x7fff3e6139b7] 1-54
54 __CFRunLoopRun + 1293 (CoreFoundation + 532829) [0x7fff3e61415d] 1-54
54 __CFRunLoopDoSources0 + 300 (CoreFoundation + 535868) [0x7fff3e614d3c] 1-54
54 __CFRunLoopDoSource0 + 108 (CoreFoundation + 1406476) [0x7fff3e6e960c] 1-54
54 CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE0_PERFORM_FUNCTION + 17 (CoreFoundation + 654641) [0x7fff3e631d31] 1-54
54 __NSThreadPerformPerform + 334 (Foundation + 426677) [0x7fff407722b5] 1-54
54 ??? (<1682D4BF-0208-39F0-97B4-E4E9F3EF3F19> + 52314) [0x1067a0c5a] 1-54
54 ??? (<1682D4BF-0208-39F0-97B4-E4E9F3EF3F19> + 53870) [0x1067a126e] 1-54
54 -[NSFileManager removeItemAtPath:error:] + 84 (Foundation + 487043) [0x7fff40780e83] 1-54
54 -[__NSOperationInternal _start:] + 778 (Foundation + 239854) [0x7fff407448ee] 1-54
54 -[NSFilesystemItemRemoveOperation main] + 171 (Foundation + 487412) [0x7fff40780ff4] 1-54
54 removefile + 151 (libremovefile.dylib + 7127) [0x7fff6651ebd7] 1-54
1 __removefile_tree_walker + 222 (libremovefile.dylib + 6282) [0x7fff6651e88a] 1
1 __removefile_process_file + 155 (libremovefile.dylib + 5807) [0x7fff6651e6af] 1
1 __unlink + 10 (libsystem_kernel.dylib + 119202) [0x7fff6663a1a2] 1
*1 hndl_unix_scall64 + 22 (kernel + 125382) [0xffffff800021e9c6] 1
*1 unix_syscall64 + 616 (kernel + 6306152) [0xffffff8000803968] 1
*1 ??? (kernel + 2810725) [0xffffff80004ae365] 1
*1 VNOP_REMOVE + 94 (kernel + 2932510) [0xffffff80004cbf1e] 1
*1 hfs_vnop_remove + 633 (HFS + 43334) [0xffffff7f826a2946] 1
*1 hfs_removefile + 206 (HFS + 53556) [0xffffff7f826a5134] 1
*1 hfs_valid_cnode + 82 (HFS + 276826) [0xffffff7f826db95a] 1
*1 hfs_systemfile_lock + 64 (HFS + 307759) [0xffffff7f826e322f] 1
*1 hfs_lock + 48 (HFS + 269143) [0xffffff7f826d9b57] 1
*1 lck_rw_lock_shared + 145 (kernel + 1568161) [0xffffff800037eda1] 1
*1 thread_block_reason + 175 (kernel + 550463) [0xffffff800028663f] 1
*1 ??? (kernel + 554618) [0xffffff800028767a] 1
*1 machine_switch_context + 205 (kernel + 1584605) [0xffffff8000382ddd] 1
1 __removefile_tree_walker + 87 (libremovefile.dylib + 6147)

Expected result:
I don’t know, I’m not a programmer

Reproduces how often:
At random, but several times a day since most recent update.

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

OS Version: Mac OS X 10.13.6 (Build 17G66)
Brave Version: 103.1.41.100 (141.100)

Additional Information:

Hi. Can’t help with your issue but the latest Brave version is 1.42.88. You might want to update and see if that solves your issue. Take care.

Thanks! I hadn’t realized it hadn’t completed the most recent update. Relaunched, and so far so good.

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Always “Can’t help”…I am a loyal user, but have CONSTANTLY had crashes since forever. There is no way that they can’t help if they wanted to, but the crashes now…are TOTALLY Out of control. 8 times today in a couple of hours = UNUSABLE SOFTWARE…10’s of thousands of users report crashes for years and not one admission of fault or useful help that I have ever been offered - nor been able to find - just - TURN OFF EXTENSIONS (it is not our fault) and a UPDATE - even if you have latest.

BRAVE is just an UNSTABLE BROWSER…seriously considering abandoning it for good if you can’t find the issues with your Browser.

BY another,
FRUSTRATED USER AGAIN!

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