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    • ebon-hawk
      ebon-hawk last edited by

      Greetings,

      The latest version of Opera for Mac... 51.0.2830.55 is crashing on New Tab function.

      Specifically, when one tries to open a new tab, either by pressing + icon or by right clicking (with magic mouse) on the title bar and selecting new tab more often than not the browser will close and reopen, displaying Opera crashed message on rare occasions.

      I have conducted some additional testing, such as navigating between locations within the same tab, locations such as a website, Settings page, About page and so on, the transition is fine within the same tab but the moment I try to do the same via new tab crashing starts to happen in around two out of three attempts (66% failure).

      I have cleared the history, restarted the browser, restarted the Mac, tested the browser as a single running application, ensured that no extensions are active (there were none to begin with) and even re-installed (something I thought I would have to do on Windows PC only) from full DMG download of the same version. Problem persists.

      Opera is my main browser and until few hours ago (Western Australia time) it was working fine and without any problems what so ever until I updated to the latest version listed above (via About page). So it goes without saying that this is a disappointing situation...

      OS: MacOS Sierra v10.12.6 (no outstanding updates),
      Hardware: MacBook pro (13 inch, 2017, no touch bar version),

      Kind Regards
      Daniel

      "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing..."

      • misattributed to Edmund Burke.
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      • A Former User
        A Former User @ebon-hawk last edited by

        @ebon-hawk
        The other day I moved to Opera from the now discontinued Epic Browser since Opera seemed to be a good alternative. And guess what. At the exact moment I was done with transferring all my bookmarks an arranging them for the new environment, 51.0.2830.55 happened. And now the whole world is crashing.
        When trying to register here I also noticed reCAPTCHA does not work.
        Now I'm moving back.

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        • A Former User
          A Former User last edited by

          Same problem here.

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          • A Former User
            A Former User @ebon-hawk last edited by

            @ebon-hawk
            Same. It works only slightly better if I choose "open in new window" instead of "open in new tab".
            I'm really not happy with this new version and wish I could get the previous one back. 👎🏻

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            • A Former User
              A Former User last edited by

              Same here , after last update when i'm trying to open new tab (cmd + T or mouse wheel ) opera restaring . This is intolerable .

              Macbook Pro ( 15 ' Late 2013 )
              Mac OS Siera 10.12.6 .

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              • A Former User
                A Former User @Guest last edited by

                @loa6
                I had the same problem and it kept crashing down randomly upon opening a new tab.
                Only solution I've found is installing previous version of Opera (Opera 51.0.2830.40) and blocking auto update using my firewall.
                https://www.opera.com/download/index.dml/?os=mac&list=all

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User last edited by

                  Yes, I'm facing it too.

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                  • A Former User
                    A Former User last edited by

                    I am seeing this problem as well. At first, cmd+T seemed to be impacted greater than clicking the '+' tab button, but sometimes the problem disappears temporarily (intermittent).

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                    • A Former User
                      A Former User last edited by

                      Yes, am seeing this problem too. Hasn't been happening for very long but it's already very annoying! Thanks to those who have posted more details on the circumstances when it happens (intermittently).

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                      • A Former User
                        A Former User last edited by

                        Same here too.
                        It also happened to me while trying to open several bookmarks all at once, from the Bookmarks page.
                        Tried un-installing and re-installing the app from scratch, but once the latest update pops up, the issue returns. Seems to have to do with multi-tabs.
                        MacBook Air 13'' late 2015
                        High Sierra 10.13.3

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                        • A Former User
                          A Former User last edited by

                          +1 😞

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                          • A Former User
                            A Former User last edited by A Former User

                            Just found this on another forum about Opera's crashes, I hope this helps. I'll keep you informed on the effects on my browser:

                            1. Launch Opera and open its hidden secret advanced configuration page using opera://flags command in address bar.

                            2. Now click inside "Search experiments" text box and type 'throttling'. It'll show the following two options in the results:

                            Background tab throttling Mac, Windows, Linux
                            Throttle timers in background tabs. #background-tab-throttling

                            Throttle expensive background timers Mac, Windows, Linux
                            Enables intervention to limit CPU usage of background timers to 1%. #expensive-background-timer-throttling

                            1. To disable background tabs throttling feature, select 'Disabled' from the drop-down box of both options.
                            2. Opera will show you a message "Your changes will take effect the next time you relaunch Opera" along with a button to relaunch Opera. Click on the "Relaunch Now" button to restart Opera web browser.
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                            • A Former User
                              A Former User last edited by

                              Same problem here. Opera has always been stable until this latest iteration.
                              Version: 51.0.2830.55 - Opera is up to date
                              Update stream: Stable
                              System: Mac OS X 10.13.3 64-bit

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                              • stevenjcee
                                stevenjcee @Guest last edited by

                                @enasanderone So did it work for you?

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                                  A Former User @stevenjcee last edited by

                                  @stevencee I'm leery of 'experimental' fixes. I'd like Opera to issue a stable, fixed version of the browser.

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                                  • kmielczarczyk
                                    kmielczarczyk Opera last edited by

                                    Hi,

                                    this crash was already examined and it's being investigated at the moment. https://bugs.opera.com/browse/DNA-68137

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                                    • A Former User
                                      A Former User @stevenjcee last edited by

                                      @stevencee said in Opera Crashing on New Tab function...:

                                      @enasanderone So did it work for you?

                                      I thought it did until a few minutes ago, when the issue returned. 😡

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                                      • A Former User
                                        A Former User @Guest last edited by

                                        @misterarthur said in Opera Crashing on New Tab function...:

                                        @stevencee I'm leery of 'experimental' fixes. I'd like Opera to issue a stable, fixed version of the browser.

                                        Yep, that only seemed to be a workaround, while the guys come up with something stable. ☹

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                                        • avl
                                          avl Opera last edited by

                                          Thanks for all your reports, a fix was released today: http://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2018/03/opera-51-0-2830-62-macos-stable-update/

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