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Allison_Pastewka
Former Employee
Aug 29, 2019

Have feedback on the memory/CPU usage on Edge? We're Listening!

Greetings Microsoft Edge Insiders!   My name is Allison and I am a PM working on improving the performance of the new Microsoft Edge browser.   Previously, your feedback let us know that ther...
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rickyromero
Copper Contributor
Dec 16, 2019

Allison_Pastewka Edge exhibits high CPU usage in the "Browser" portion of its task manager if left running for over 24 hours. I first noticed this issue two months ago and reported it in October. My computer isn't set to sleep, so often I'll return to my desk to find my system's fans running at full speed.

 

As stated in the post linked above, both my computer and my wife's computer exhibit this issue. I run Edge Beta, and she runs Edge Dev.

 

Here's a spindump I ran from Activity Monitor on my system just now, while Edge was at 140-230% usage.

https://pastebin.com/n5EETNQt

 

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    Allison_Pastewka
    Former Employee
    Dec 16, 2019

    rickyromero Thank you very much for your feedback! Are you and your wife on the latest versions of Edge Dev and Edge Beta? There have been some product changes made recently addressing high CPU usage on Mac. The changes are in Edge Dev but have not made it to Edge Beta yet. If you are still experiencing issues on the latest versions, can you please submit in-product feedback and we can follow up with you for more information if need be. 

     

    Thanks!

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