My Opera freezes for approx 5 mins every time I open it since 4 weeks
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M-TAG last edited by
This is the third time I am reporting a major bug.
Every time I start Opera, it simply freezes, doesn’t load and only starts after 5 mins. I also have Brave, Edge and Chrome installed and they all work fine. I don’t have any addons except anti spam blocker which I have been using since 2013.
Any help would be immensely appreciated
OS
Windows NT 10.0.26100GPU
Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe GraphicsCPU
12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1255UVersion
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CjEarL last edited by
I've been having the same problem for the last 1-2 months. Opera One (version: 122.0.5643.71), WIndows 10 19045.6332, AMD Ryzen 4600.
After launching the browser, it works for the first 2-3 seconds, but then freezes completely. Then, according to the task manager, one of the processes (I have about 20-30 open tabs) in Opera starts consuming 10-20% of the CPU. Otherwise, there are no visible anomalies. After 7-8 minutes, the CPU activity stops and the browser unfreezes. Naturally, I've tried everything possible: a complete reinstallation with clearing the profile, disabling sync, disabling auto-updates, disabling extensions, closing unnecessary tabs, disabling antivirus software, etc. None of this has helped. Closing the browser and reopening it doesn't freeze. But if I reboot the system or simply put the OS to sleep for a day, the same freezing occurs the next time I open the browser.
I think I had a similar problem 7-8 years ago. It was a completely similar freeze, which wasn't fixed until six months later with some update. Until then, no advice or solutions helped. I had to wait several minutes every time the browser launched. It's incredibly annoying, and I doubt it can be resolved on the forum. It would be nice to somehow convey all the information to the developers, as I can send any diagnostics. -
burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426
You can delete the "History" file in "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Default" to see if it helps.
Once Opera is unfrozen, you can disable Opera Sync if you're using it to test if that makes the issue go away.
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CjEarL last edited by
@burnout426 My history is stored for three days. The problem has been going on for over a month. I already wrote that I've probably tried everything. I also wrote about syncing. Neither disabling nor enabling it solves the problem. It seems we need to look at the procmon + wireshark level to see what the browser process is doing in the system when the freeze occurs. It would be even better if the developers looked at the dump.
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M-TAG last edited by
@burnout426 hi there,
thanx for your input on this.
If I disable as suggested will Opera still sync to my other devices ?
thanx
Mark
@burnout426 said in My Opera freezes for approx 5 mins every time I open it since 4 weeks:
You can delete the "History" file in "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Default" to see if it helps.
Once Opera is unfrozen, you can disable Opera Sync if you're using it to test if that makes the issue go away.
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M-TAG last edited by
Excellent advice. I have deleted the file and it worked, Opera loads instantly
Thanks so much
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CjEarL last edited by
@burnout426 Today I checked for the specified history file and discovered that it exists and weighs 700 MB. However, the browser history only shows the last three days, so these entries can't weigh 700 MB. This means the browser apparently isn't displaying everything from this History file in the interface. I discovered that this file is the SQLite3 database. And everything fell into place. I always have the same problem with SQLite3 in other applications. If this database bloats in size, applications stop working with it properly and quickly. What's surprising is that the history in the browser itself doesn't seem to intersect with what's contained in this DB. I used sqlite analyzer and opened the database in an editor, looked at what's filling the tables. More than 60% of the database is occupied by the VISITED_LINKS table with ~100,000 entries, and another ~35% is occupied by the URLS table with ~60,000 entries. I opened these tables and cleaned them up. Then vacuumed the DB, put it back (it was now only about 15 MB), and launched the browser. It launched instantly, and my browsing history was cleared. Thanks for the tip!
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