Description of the issue:
Since the past few weeks, Brave browser began freezing frequently during normal use. When the browser freezes, it usually last between half a a second to a few seconds, and can happen with different frequencies - several subsequent freezes may occur in quick succession or it may be a little while. The OS is kubuntu (Ubuntu 22.04 with KDE plasma desktop). There is no resource issue (ample amount of free memory, upwards of 8GB, no CPU-intensive processes).
How can this issue be reproduced?
- Install Kubuntu 22.04 along with Brave Browser using the official release channel
- There seems to be no specific procedure that can trigger the freezes other than plenty of interaction with the browser interface. Anything from switching tabs, typing and pasting, to right-clicking and scrolling, i.e. any even that should trigger a response from the browser appears to be a valid candidate (including typing in the search bar). I’m not sure how I can produce a log or get brave to print out debug information to a log file, otherwise I’d post it.
Expected result:
No freezing should occur. I’ve used brave browser for a long time (at least a year) with Kubuntu, and I’ve never encountered this issue.
Brave Version:
Version 1.65.114 Chromium: 124.0.6367.60 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Additional Information:
I’ve installed at least 2 or 3 updates through apt over the past week or two, but the problem has persisted. I’m not sure what the last working version number is.