Bug 147086

Summary:	[GTK] Huge memory usage as you scroll down through Google+ pages
Product:	WebKit	Reporter:	Jeff Fortin <nekohayo>
Component:	WebKitGTK	Assignee:	Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	Major	CC:	bugs-noreply, cgarcia, mcatanzaro
Priority:	P2
Version:	528+ (Nightly build)
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=752576

Description Jeff Fortin 2015-07-19 09:18:24 PDT

Epiphany 3.16.2 using WebKit 2.8.3
(I have no idea what those version numbers in this bugzilla form mean, sorry!)

Using https://plus.google.com/+ZeeshanAli/posts as a test case:
Just loading that page, Epiphany eats ~270 MB of RAM for that WebKitWebProcess.

Then, as you start scrolling down, by the time you reach posts dated March 2015 the memory usage has ballooned to ~500 MB and more!

Somehow, Firefox (according to about:memory) manages to keep the page at <100 MB at all times. Chrome (on Windows) starts around 90 MB and grows as you scroll, but much more slowly (around 120-130 MB when you reach the same spot where Epiphany/WebKit is in the 500 MB's)

Comment 1 Michael Catanzaro 2015-07-19 09:57:59 PDT

(In reply to comment #0)
> Epiphany 3.16.2 using WebKit 2.8.3
> (I have no idea what those version numbers in this bugzilla form mean,
> sorry!)

They're meaningless; just choose the latest one, like you did.

Comment 2 Jeff Fortin 2023-01-29 15:25:01 PST

Closing this one, because G+ is part of killedbygoogle.com now, so it's not like we're going to be able to test this again ;)