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Edge Dev not Loading
I have been using the Edge Dev build for about a week now. This is the second time this has happened. Edge will not load anymore. When I look at Task Manager there are 16 instances of Edge running, one of which has 5 sub tasks. I know how to fix this, kill all the running processes for Edge. But want to report this issue. Not sure what is causing it or how to even diagnose the problem. I do have it setup as my default browser and that may have something to do with it. I didn't have it as default and this did not occur, I changed it back yesterday and it happened again.
Thoughts?
Steven1625 And, Steven, more as an illustration as my macbre sense of black humor than anything useful, I keep an eye on Task Manager on and off during the course of the day to see just how bad it gets. If I use the browser for a few hours, it isn't unusual for me to see Edge Dev running 30-40 instances, eating up 3-4gb or more of memory. It isn't a problem on my desktop, which has 32gb, but for someone running a laptop on 4gb or 8gb, it must really throw a wrench in the machine.
tomscharbach , agreed, it builds over time. Just checked since I posted my original message and I am up to 9 task so far.
I do not reboot my computer, I just kill all the running Edge Dev tasks and that clears it up.
Thanks for your feedback.
Steven1625 Thanks for the tip on restarting the browser. That does clean it out and it is simple to do.
I've reported the issue through the feedback smiley, so the Edge team can look at it and figure it out. The trade press has reported many times that Chrome (and hence, Chromium) is a resource hog, and I expected Edge Chromium to be a significant memory hog in contrast to Edge Classic and Firefox. But what we are seeing is remarkable. It is the "builds over time" issue that alerted me that something is wrong, and that is why I reported it. I'll pass along any information I get from the Edge team about the issue.
Steven1625 Edge Dev (currently Version 75.0.131.0 (Official build) dev (64-bit)) does the same thing to me. See attached screenshot. It did the same thing in Version 74.whatever. I have no idea why. It looks like Edge Dev is not releasing on tab close or browser close. I've reported the issue. I restart my computer every 24 hours or so, and that seems to clear it.
