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

[Allison_Pastewka]

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 there are times when Edge uses too much memory and CPU. When was the last time this happened to you? What were you doing in this situation? What was your biggest concern about that amount of memory and CPU usage? We are curious about this and would love to learn more.

Thank you for giving us your honest feedback. I look forward to hearing more about where you see Microsoft Edge meeting your expectations, and where it isn’t.

Allison

-The Microsoft Edge Team-

[#2]

@Allison_Pastewka Hello. my friend has very often high CPU and aperated memory when working microsoft edge. it happens even with everyday tasks. such as visiting sites watching movies downloading files, etc. the load on the processor jumps up to 100%. still wanted to add his wish. I would like notifications from sites even when microsoft edge is closed.

[#3]

@Allison_Pastewka 

I would like Browser Task Manager to have an option to always be displayed on top of the other windows (including obviously the Edge window), so it is better for me to monitor the memory and CPU usage of pages and extensions as I browse the pages.

[#4]

@Allison_Pastewka забыл добавить. нагрузка на ресурсы происходит в версиях dev и canary.

[#5]

@Allison_Pastewka 

Don't know if this is too much or normal.
I have 8 GB RAM.
I have Edge Beta with 2 profiles: 1 open with 3 pages and 2 open with 3 pages.

Memory 57%
CPU 8%

Thanks.

[#6]

@Allison_Pastewka 

Forgot.
I've tried several browsers. I would recommed that you take a look at how Slimjet manages memory. I have found that Slimjet is the chromium browser that has the least impact on memory.
Thanks.

[#7]

@josegime47 

any new information? the last post is 8/31

[#8]

Thank you for the additional information regarding the memory and CPU usage you're seeing on your devices. We're using this information as we continue to work on ways to improve performance of the new Edge browser.

[#9]

@Allison_Pastewka I have been seeing my CPU usage getting stuck on 150% right after I download attachments from the Fastmail web interface. I can replicate this every time.

I am running Dev 79.0.294.1 on MacOS Mojave 10.14.6.

[#10]

@harbortype  Thanks for reaching out! I just tried the repro steps that you provided on Dev build 79.0.301.2 and didn't see a spike in CPU. Can you please try updating your Dev build to see if the issue still persists and let me know. Thanks!

[#11]

@Allison_Pastewka It seems to be working now. Thank you for having a look into it.

[#12]

@harbortype Fantastic! Thanks for confirming :)

[#13]

@Allison_Pastewka 

This is an update.

I have 8 GB RAM.
I have Edge Beta with 2 profiles: 1 open with 1 page and 2 open with 1 page.

609.2 MB

There's an image.
Thanks.

[#14]

@josegime47 Thanks for reaching out! Would you be willing to provide more information?

[#15]

@Allison_Pastewka In latest beta version(79.x) NTP uses more memory in comparison with previous version(78.x)(more than 2X with same setting)

[#16]

@Allison_Pastewka 

Gladly. What kind of information do you require?.

Thanks.

[#17]

There are 2 most common places that I usually get high system resource usage
1. randomly on this forum which leads to that tab being unresponsive and I have to force close it.
2. on VK.com when viewing my feed which contains many images, gifs, videos files etc. in there the scrolling beings to lag and the whole experience becomes painfully slow and laggy.
Edge classic with EdgelHTML engine loads that page very smoothly.

using Windows 10 latest version fully updated.

[#18]

@josegime47 For privacy reasons, can you please file feedback (click on the smile in the top right hand corner) and in that feedback item can you please provide what device you are seeing the issue on, including the specs of the device (memory/RAM + processor), what OS build you are on, what beta build you are on and steps that I can follow to try and repro the issue. Please be sure to provide your email address in the feedback item so that I can continue to follow up with you. When you have submitted the feedback please let me know. Thanks for your willingness to provide more information!

[#19]

@Allison_Pastewka 

Ok. There are somethings I don't understand. I don't understand "what device you are seeing the issue on, including the specs of the device (memory/RAM + processor". Is that my computer?.
Another thing, I don't have any issue, I'm only stating that
"I have 8 GB RAM.
I have Edge Beta with 2 profiles: 1 open with 1 page and 2 open with 1 page.
609.2 MB"
My only intention is to inform you of that fact because I don´t know if 609.2 MB is normal.
Thanks.

[#20]

@josegime47 

@Allison_Pastewka 

For example I also have Slimjet installed and the information is as follows:

Slimjet with 2 profiles: 1 open with 1 page and 2 open with 1 page:

320.5 MB

So

Edge Beta  609.2 MB

Slimjet 320.5 MB

That's almost double in the same conditions.

Thanks

[#21]

@Allison_Pastewka 

One last experiment.

Slimjet profile 1 with 5 open pages and profile 2 with 3 open pages.

340 MB

Edge Beta profile 1 with 1 open page and profile 2 with 1 open page.

609.2 MB

Thanks.

[#22]

@Allison_Pastewka 

Hi, are you planning / Could you improve Microsoft Edge to run faster in a terminal session via RDP? Internet Explorer worked very efficiently and this made it stand out from other browsers

&

is there any documentation available how to configure Microsoft Edge in a terminal session (RDP) in the context of best performance on Windows Server?

[#23]

@Allison_Pastewka 
Even without any tabs opened Edge on Android locks the frequency to max on little cores (sdm660) with an overall CPU usage of around 50% and I don't even know what is it doing in background.

I've tried blocking Background Sync and Notifications from Site Permissions, I've also tried blocking JavaScript but all in vain. 

The only way to bring it back to normal is deleting all user data of the Edge app and start over as freshly installed app but it least for a while until it starts misbehaving again. This brings a bit hit to battery life while using edge in background or foreground. Android will eventually kill it if it stays in background for too long but for the time it stays there it noticeably eats a chuck of remaining battery charge. 

I'm using a Nokia 7 Plus running Android 9.0.

I don't know if it will help debugging but I've attached a "dumpsys activity". Edge's activity name is "u0a258" as seen in the "top" command screenshot.

If more logs are needed let me know, I would happily provide them.

[#24]

@Coddy Hi, Thank you for the detailed feedback. We would like to help resolve this with you. Could you pleases share this feedback with logs from within the Android app to help us continue to troubleshoot? Thank you, Andrea

[#25]

Here is the logcat. First is full output, second one is filtered by chromium process because the first one is crowded with other useless outputs.
Did you meant another type of Android logs ?

Edit: I may have misunderstood the request. I've now posted a feedback from within Edge Android but it doesn't allow to attach logs in the form.

[#26]

@Allison_Pastewka The idle CPU usage of the browser must be reduced further. Even when there is just the NTP open & the browser is minimised, I get around 4-5% of CPU usage by the browser. This is happening everytime, & not a issue that is happening sometimes...

[#27]

@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