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    Win 7. Opera updated to 78.0.4093.112. Memory being chewed up

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    • nas77
      nas77 last edited by

      having exactly the same problem.updating to 78.0.4093.147 didnt solve the problem.
      used to have 30 and more tabs open
      .after updating it crashes after some time and after 4-6 tabs.
      no other changes in software and hardware ,just opera update .there is plenty of memory and space on ssd.

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      • xinyes507
        xinyes507 last edited by

        I have the same problem.
        Even if I just open 3-4 tabs, the operation is very slow and may crash.
        Reinstalling several times did not help.
        Reverting to 77.0.4054.277 solved the problem.
        Disabling the automatic update schedule is mandatory.

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        • ultraj
          ultraj @xinyes507 last edited by

          @xinyes507
          I've been holding out hope that subsequent 78 updates would address the issue but doesn't seem like it yet, so it appears reverting is the only solution to have a usable browser.

          By reverting back to the 77 tree did you lose:

          Profile including installed extensions?
          Current season open tabs?
          Cookies?
          History?

          Could you either link to specific instructions to revert, or lay out the procedure here?

          Thanks

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          • xinyes507
            xinyes507 @ultraj last edited by

            Sorry for the late reply.

            I uninstalled the new version and installed the old version.
            Old versions are available here.
            https://get.opera.com/ftp/pub/opera/desktop/

            To stop automatic updates, disable "Opera scheduled Autoupdate".
            Control panel > management tool > task scheduler

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            • mardiyah
              mardiyah @ultraj last edited by

              @ultraj said in Win 7. Opera updated to 78.0.4093.112. Memory being chewed up:

              By reverting back to the 77 tree did you lose:

              Profile including installed extensions?
              Current season open tabs?
              Cookies?
              History?

              No risk doing:

              • Menu -> Help -> About Opera
                there paths to back up
              • revert version back
              • if easily find the portable version DL, get it makes easier to control by having all in on place i.e. Opera install dir.
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              • ultraj
                ultraj last edited by leocg

                I finally rolled back to the 77 version

                I waited out All the versions in the 78 series..

                I Even held out for this new 79 branch hoping that this issue would be addressed, but no.

                None of them fixed this very fatal memory issue as I described in the OP

                Once I opened the private window (it seems), and got beyond "some limit", of tabs, or I don;'t know what, my virtual memory (i.e., my disk space via my paging file) got eaten up in Huge gulps of several hundred megs at a clip. This ate up all the rest of my (sparse) free disk space real fast.

                It became impossible to use the browser as I had to constantly restart it which then released that space back, but ofc I had to start the browser all over and open up the tabs I use constantly so they are "updated".

                Back to 77, everything works great.

                I can have 100 tabs actually active And plenty opened and active in the private window too, to No detriment to my disk space (memory via page file or whatever).

                I've no idea if this is Opera's bug or the Chrome base but at least I can use the browser normally again.

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                • lonewolf01
                  lonewolf01 @ultraj last edited by

                  @ultraj Yup, Thats the problem i am having except i am not using Private Tabs. The minute i start browsing my tabs, CPU and memory usage skyrockets. If I leave it alone for a while, it all comes back down to not an ideal but still ok amount. I keep updating hoping it will be fixed but still nothing. Same issues, i never had this issue with the older versions, its only been the updates for the past month or 2.

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                  • lonewolf01
                    lonewolf01 @ultraj last edited by

                    @ultraj When i did this, it seemed to fix the memory issues i was coming across.

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                    • lonewolf01
                      lonewolf01 @ultraj last edited by

                      @ultraj Have you tried the newer versions? I am interested in finding out if v81 has fixed the issues or if it still has the same problems we came across v78 and 79. I am still on 77 at the moment for fear of the problems we had.

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                      • lonewolf01
                        lonewolf01 last edited by

                        I tried v81, worked ok for a while and then the same issues. Extremely slow and laggy and unworkable with a lot of tabs even if most are being snoozed. I guess I have to go back to v77 or stick it out to see if any newer versions fixes this issue.

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