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Elliot Kirk
Former Employee
May 16, 2019

Dev Update to 76.0.159.0 is live

Hello insiders, today we released build 76.0.159.0 to the Microsoft Edge Dev Channel. Some of the fixes and improvements in this build are in the change summary below   New features and improveme...
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dvdwnd
Brass Contributor
May 17, 2019

Elliot Kirk Unfortunately the issue with constant high CPU/GPU load that has been present in Canary for the last few days is now in Dev. Are you aware of this and looking into it? It is impossible to use either version on a laptop now.

 

/ David

 

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    Shahin Kohan
    Copper Contributor
    May 19, 2019

    Elliot Kirk having the same issue as dvdwnd the CPU and GPU are running at almost 100% all the time. Causing a battery drain. Please fix this. For now, going back to my old browser :( 

     

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    DevLunsford
    Iron Contributor
    May 17, 2019
    I switched to Dev from Canary because of this exact thing :-(

    Also because my name is Dev and not Canary (true story). Having a browser with my name on the banner is quite fun for me :-)
    • porksickle's avatar
      porksickle
      Copper Contributor
      May 21, 2019

      DevLunsford dvdwnd 

       

      Yes, I'm having this same experience with excessive CPU and GPU usage on the macos version too.  Both builds 76.0.159 and 76.0.161.  It's unusable for me.  Gets very hot and makes fans run.  

       

      I had been using it for a couple weeks with no issues.  I had found one of the "undocumented" download links to an earlier build that had not yet been publicized and that build was great.  A couple crashes, but it was fast and efficient.  I notice in this current build the Windows Defender extension is installed and enabled by default.  I hadn't noticed that before.  Hmm... 

       

       

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        sambul95
        Iron Contributor
        May 21, 2019

        porksickle 

         

        You need to mention that builds that were NOT installed by Edge web installer, can NOT be updated or uninstalled by standard Windows means. Which build number you talk about? :)

         

        We all hope Edge team will shortly fix this hugely important battery drainer bug.

    • Drew1903's avatar
      Drew1903
      Silver Contributor
      May 17, 2019

      DevLunsford 

      Hey, Dev, thanks for the morning smile 😁

      Cheers,
      Drew

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