Description of the issue:**
When a new browser tab is created, it will randomly freeze the browser. This has happened when it was the 3rd tab opened or the 6th tab opened or any other number. It will show a spinning colored circle for close to a minute before unfreezing.
How can this issue be reproduced?
Click the plus sign in the browser to open a new tab and it randomly happens.
Expected result:
The browser will become unresponsive and cannot click on anything or type anything or close the new tab or any other tab while it is spinning. Brave Version( check About Brave):
1.76.73 Chromium 134.0.6998.45 Additional Information:
I use a Mac Studio but this happens in Brave on my iphone or on my Macbook as well
I also have this happen, though it is not every time I create a new tab. Using a MacBook Pro with M2Max 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, running macOS Version 14.7.1 (Build 23H222) and
This does sound a lot like either a built-up cache issue or an issue with extensions installed. For your macOS desktop devices, can you both please try opening a Guest profile window (Menu --> More tools --> Guest profile ), close your original profile window (so only the Guest window is open) and testing to see if you get the same behavior when opening new tabs in the Guest profile window?
I tried a guest profile for about 15 minutes where I opened every typical website I would usually be running and a whole lot more, all with no problems. On my regular profile, it doesn’t happen exactly the same everytime, but if I try to open a 4th or 5th tab in the browser, that is when it will usually freeze. I have no extensions on this browser and I’m running a less than a year old Mac Studio with plenty of RAM.
If it’s working fine in the Guest window then it may be the case that you need to clear your browser cache. To do this, in Brave:
Go to Settings --> History --> Delete browsing data
Click on the Advanced tab
Check the box for Cached images and files
Click Delete data
If this does not work, you may need to try also clearing your cookies/site data. Note that doing this will likely log you out of most sites. You can do this from that same window mentioned above by checking the Cookies and site data box.
It depends on how often it happens. The reason for the cache build up (typically) has to do with either the site(s) you’re using that are storing that data, how much/what type of data is being stored, or by what method they use to store it. It can be tricky to troubleshoot given the amount of variables.