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Is it normal FF (developer edition) is consuming more than 2Gb of RAM (with only one tab opened)?

Triggered Woody
Triggered Woody
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Firefox consumes almost 2Gb of RAM with only one tab open. I find this surprising, and it's a major performance issue for me.

Do you have an explanation or solutions to reduce this memory overconsumption?

Firefox consumes almost 2Gb of RAM with only one tab open. I find this surprising, and it's a major performance issue for me. Do you have an explanation or solutions to reduce this memory overconsumption?
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jonzn4SUSE
jonzn4SUSE
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I always ask when this topic comes up.  ;-)) Post a screenshot of your performance tab in task manager.

https://www.ghacks.net/2019/02/07/firefoxs-project-fission-better-security-and-more-processes/ https://hacks.mozilla.org/2021/05/introducing-firefox-new-site-isolation-security-architecture/ https://www.ghacks.net/2016/02/15/change-how-many-processes-multi-process-firefox-uses/ https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/performance-settings

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