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pandawan
Brass Contributor
Oct 10, 2019

High CPU usage on macOS

For some reason, I get very high CPU usage on Edge Dev v79.0.294.1 on macOS 10.14.6   Attached is a screenshot of the Browser Task Manager with Edge at 180% CPU usage (somehow?) My laptop's fans a...
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pandawan
Brass Contributor

I'm still getting very high CPU (300%) usage at random intervals on macOS. I have kept Windows Defender Smartscreen completely disabled and this issue still occurs. (On Edge Dev v81.0.416.6, macOS 10.15.3)

 

Are there any plans to fix or any way for me to send some kind of diagnostic info to hopefully help get this issue fixed?

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yuguo
Copper Contributor
Feb 20, 2020

Yes, I have the same problem. Tried stable(80.0.361.56) and beta(80.0.361.53) versions with Smartscreen disabled. It occupies 95~150% cpu after some random time and can not be closed properly.

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    timbowes
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 24, 2020

    It might be worth noting the website you were trying to access at the time, as this can also have an impact on CPU / RAM consumption. 

     

    For example, we currently have a very similar experience in Safari 13, when accessing SharePoint Online pages using a particular web part. The issue (we believe) is partly due to changes in Safari 13, which have caused incompatibility with elements of this web part. In short, the two elements --- browser and website --- have to be considered.

     

    One further note: I have been experiencing massive CPU spikes in other applications in MacOS Catalina recently e.g. Affinity Photo & Affinity Publisher. These previously ran seamlessly, so I am starting to wonder whether OS update 10.15.3 is itself the issue. We should really call it MacOS Vista! 🙂

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      yuguo
      Copper Contributor
      Feb 25, 2020
      Thank you. However my situation is that the Edge consumes very high cpu even after I closed all tabs. And if this happens, I can't terminate it without "Force Quit". So I guess this does not relate to any particular website.

      It might be a compatible issue with Catalina. Personally, I really like some security improvements with Catalina, think they are heading to the right direction. Such as its "read-only file system", it might be a decent solution to the system security and upgrade stability in a long run. But such many problems are indeed frustrating. So yes, I can agree on the term MacOS Vista 🙂
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        pandawan
        Brass Contributor
        Feb 29, 2020

        yuguo Yeah, when the CPU starts to spike, closing all tabs does not fix the issue and I also am forced to "Force Quit" it. 

         

        It's possible that some specific pages are causing some internal parts of edge to crash continuously. That would explain why closing all tabs does not stop the crash, once the crash loop starts it doesn't stop. (I'm just speculating at this point).

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