@burnout426 Thanks for the reply. It doesn't happen each time I highlight something (thankfully), and usually it happens when I quickly highlight different parts of a text, but it is so unpredictable that sometimes it happens right away. I now tried to reproduce it to no avail, but it still happens at least once or twice during my normal browser usage (I tend to highlight a bit more than the average user, I assume, especially when reading).

And when it happens, it freezes right away, so the browser gets stuck with "Search | Copy" bar on the highlighted text (My Flow is disabled on my browser). The buttons, as with the rest of the browser become completely unresponsive until I perform an Alt-Tab.

Hello. Since last month or so with the Opera GX 67, I realized that I was unable to use Discord voice chat because Discord web on Opera GX was stuck saying "RTC Connecting" and wouldn't allow me to neither speak nor hear the other person. I used Discord web on Opera for years without problems, and with Opera GX since its inception. I tried everything (deleted and did a clean reinstall of all my audio drivers, reset/reinstalled Opera Gx and tested without any extensions installed, ...) to fix it, but none of that worked.

Then I thought of switching to normal Opera (68), and the issue was resolved. Just because of this issue I abstained from using Opera GX and deleted it. I had to put up with the ugly and dysfunctional theme of the Opera (dark theme, the only other option besides the light theme), because of which I was having trouble discerning which tab was my current tab among many open tabs (dark gray on black is a really bad idea).

Anyhow, yesterday I realized with joy that the Opera GX was finally updated to version 68 and installed it right away and uninstalled the normal Opera. But what do I see, the problem is still there. I still can't use Discord web and I had to download the Discord app which I never wanted to use in the first place. I did this because I really can't stand the normal Opera, but you guys seriously need to find what is causing this problem with the Discord web on Opera and fix it as soon as possible since this is a major issue which has been going around for a month.

Thank you.

@burnout426 Hey. After all this time this issue persisted across Opera and Opera GX, and I think I finally found out what is causing it. When I select more than one language from the spellcheck options (I always enabled Turkish, English and German simultaneously since I write on all three languages and spellcheck helps to prevent typos), I eventually get these freezes upon highlighting stuff. It doesn't cause freezing every time, but it happens often enough that it becomes an issue. Can you maybe try reproducing the error this way? Thank you.

@LynXProdigy One day I'm able to view the stories, and the next day they are unavailable again, for weeks. Is this supposed to be a badly-executed A/B test?

@burnout426 Well, for after what was the longest time the freeze happened even though I was only using 1 spellcheck, which debunks my theory. And now I'm back to thinking this happens because I have Search Pop-Up feature enabled and it makes more sense because that feature also gets activated on highlighting texts, so I have to think the cause is the search pop-up feature or a combination of that feature with something else.

I have been using opera since version 60, and I find the search pop-up feature quite useful, since it allows me to search words or phrases, copy, and even make currency and time conversions with one click. However after version 62 when I highlight a text on a page (especially if I highlight in a quick succession), Opera freezes and I can only unfreeze the browser if I do an Alt-Tab and come back.

I couldn't find anything about this with a Google search, so I wanted to post here to see if maybe anyone else is having this problem and if there is a workaround other than disabling the Search Pop-Up feature. The fact that these freezings are gone on disabling this feature leads me to believe that it has something to do with a bug within this feature (I'm also using Grammarly addon that provides definitions when I double click a word, but I tried removing it and the freeze on highlighting persisted).

@DKDL19 Yeah, it happens way more frequently (almost always) when I try to highlight texts that function as buttons or links. Thanks for pointing it out. I'm still waiting for a fix, and it has been almost a year /:

@LynXProdigy One day I'm able to view the stories, and the next day they are unavailable again, for weeks. Is this supposed to be a badly-executed A/B test?

@DKDL19 Yeah, it happens way more frequently (almost always) when I try to highlight texts that function as buttons or links. Thanks for pointing it out. I'm still waiting for a fix, and it has been almost a year /:

@KingKusuo Do stories still work for you? Mine stopped working again 25 days ago and I still can't view any Instagram story. And this persisted across different versions of GX.

@KingKusuo Sometimes they don't make public some versions found at their FTP server, I guess. https://get.geo.opera.com/ftp/pub/opera_gx/

@KingKusuo Mine still won't work. Tried with the new 68.0.3618.150 version but it didn't help.

@KingKusuo And now it's broken again. Seriously??!

@KingKusuo Hey, the problem is finally resolved on my end, I can view the stories now. I haven't changed any setting, so maybe they fixed it internally? Can you check to see if it is fixed for you too?

@leocg I had already tried it after formatting my PC without any add-ons even installed, but now I disabled all the add-ons including the Opera adblocker, and I still can't view the stories as they redirect to the profile pages of the respective people.

I also just tried it with Chromium Edge (only other browser I have installed on my computer) and I viewed the stories just fine.

@leocg Thanks for the advice, but as I already mentioned, I even formatted my PC and nothing changed on my end. Maybe I should list my extensions (though I tried with a fresh install and I still couldn't view stories): uBlock Origin, AutoplayStopper, Grammarly, HTTPS Everywhere, IDM Integration Module, LastPass and Install Chrome Extensions.

I hope the reason for this issue turns out to be an add-on so I can uninstall it and move on.

@KingKusuo Thanks. Finally, another soul acknowledged this problem. I hope they can fix it soon since I hate checking Instagram on my phone since it drains my battery and Instagram is very dull without the stories.