New tabs are really slow at opening (up to 15 sec)

[Rethanis]

I suggest that you check if the issue is related to your current user profile. For that, create a test user profile, close all windows of the current user profile, test Brave’s behavior in the test (fresh) user profile.

Create a new profile to help Troubleshoot

(authored by @sampson) For those impacted by performance and/or memory issues, here are a couple steps to take which will help us in helping you. As many here have stated, it’s good to disable extensions. Extensions are third-party applications; it’s entirely possible an extension could eat up tons of memory. By removing them from the equation, we greatly simplify the task of identifying the problem itself. Create a Testing Profile Testing with a private window is good, but this usually leave…