<![CDATA[Runaway memory crash]]>Win7pro 64-bit, 8GB RAM.

With all extensions disabled and only speed dial open, one of the Opera processes increases consumption of RAM until a crash occurs within a two minutes. Crashreporter log is saved, but as an empty file.

This first occurred with Stable, a week or two ago. Re-installing into a new folder didn't help so I've been using Developer, which has been OK until today. All extensions have now been removed, and it's still happening.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/14443/runaway-memory-crashRSS for NodeSun, 14 Jun 2026 05:23:49 GMTFri, 25 Mar 2016 16:46:44 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Runaway memory crash on Tue, 04 Oct 2016 06:24:01 GMT]]>Just to let you know, the problem has re-occurred.

Now with 40.0.2308.62 Stable, still with Windows 7 64-bit, 8 GB RAM.

All extensions, plug-ins and JavaScript disabled.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/108024https://forums.opera.com/post/108024Tue, 04 Oct 2016 06:24:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Runaway memory crash on Sun, 27 Mar 2016 23:30:01 GMT]]>Thanks, joshl.

Blink with extensions is getting more comfortable -- my username recalls the days of the download fitting on a floppy.

Session Buddy (a Chrome extension) recorded over 400 tabs open before the problems, so maybe I was flying too close to the sun.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/96435https://forums.opera.com/post/96435Sun, 27 Mar 2016 23:30:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Runaway memory crash on Sun, 27 Mar 2016 20:40:44 GMT]]>

and it's been running fine for over a day.

Most probably some configuration or corrupted file was causing the issue.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/96430https://forums.opera.com/post/96430Sun, 27 Mar 2016 20:40:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Runaway memory crash on Sun, 27 Mar 2016 17:12:46 GMT]]>@thelittlebrowserthatcould

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https://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/desktop/36.0.2130.32/win/Opera_36.0.2130.32_Setup.exe
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]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/96423https://forums.opera.com/post/96423Sun, 27 Mar 2016 17:12:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Runaway memory crash on Sun, 27 Mar 2016 17:03:38 GMT]]>Thanks: I installed https://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/desktop/36.0.2130.32/win/Opera_36.0.2130.32_Setup.exe into a separate folder, not into a sub-folder of the usual installation directory, and it's been running fine for over a day.

I was somewhat surprised, though relieved, to see it had imported my bookmarks, speed dial and extensions from the prior runaway Stable installation.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/96420https://forums.opera.com/post/96420Sun, 27 Mar 2016 17:03:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Runaway memory crash on Sat, 26 Mar 2016 06:09:38 GMT]]>Check if the problem happens in a standalone installation.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/96357https://forums.opera.com/post/96357Sat, 26 Mar 2016 06:09:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Runaway memory crash on Fri, 25 Mar 2016 22:37:11 GMT]]>Apologies, I assumed the PID would remain constant, perhaps due to an earlier Windows version.

The process is: Browser.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/96343https://forums.opera.com/post/96343Fri, 25 Mar 2016 22:37:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Runaway memory crash on Fri, 25 Mar 2016 22:14:58 GMT]]>

PID 2992

And that process is....?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/96340https://forums.opera.com/post/96340Fri, 25 Mar 2016 22:14:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Runaway memory crash on Fri, 25 Mar 2016 21:51:40 GMT]]>PID 2992

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/96338https://forums.opera.com/post/96338Fri, 25 Mar 2016 21:51:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Runaway memory crash on Fri, 25 Mar 2016 20:46:23 GMT]]>Open Opera's task manager and see what is that process by checking the PID number.

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