High memory usage

cyberpunk

Steps to reproduce:
Just installed Orion for the first time. Thank you for trying to build a better browser than what's currently out there!

I have 6 tabs open and I noticed that RAM usage seems higher than expected, more so than Chrome. My Chrome in particular doesn't have a clear cache since I've been using it for a while, and I loaded 8 tabs total (the 6 same ones as Orion, plus two more) and still the RAM usage is noticeably lower than Orion. I compared it to the latest stable version of Safari, and Safari's RAM usage is lower than Orion but not by much.

Expected behavior:
I expected Orion's RAM usage to be lower.

Orion, OS version; hardware type:
Orion: Version 0.99.112-beta (WebKit 614.1.1)
See screenshot below for hardware.

Image/Video:
From Activity Monitor and iStat Menu. The Taks Manager image is from Chrome.

cyberpunk

Even with just one tab open (this forum), RAM usage looks high. Safari is about 300MB lower it seems, and Chrome is just very efficient it seems.

Couple extra things worth noting: Compatibility Mode is disabled, and uBlock origin is installed (only extension I have installed).

Noxlite

cyberpunk
Orion

Total Memory: 408 MB

Safari

Total Memory: 227.7 MB

(Excluding VM-Compressed.)

(I only have a single tab opened, which is https://orionfeedback.org/d/1669-ram-usage-seems-high/2)

Vlad

@Noxlite @cyberpunk Can both of you confirm Orion with no extensions and Safari with no extensions running same tabs as a starting point. As soon as you have one installed extension we are not talking about just Orion's RAM usage anymore.

Noxlite

Vlad Okay, I'm gonna go do the tests again and see.

I'll only have 1 tab open and that is https://orionfeedback.org/d/1669-ram-usage-seems-high/3. I'll also restart both browsers first and see. I also have no extensions currently enabled.

Orion

Total Memory: 260.7 MB

Safari

Total Memory: 241.6 MB

The difference between Orion and Safari is: 19.1 MB.

EDIT: It seems that Orion's Memory Usage has gone up by a tiny bit whilst I was writing this.

Total Memory: 294.5 MB

(I'm currently using Orion Version 0.99.111.2-rc (WebKit 614.1.2).)

cyberpunk

As for me, with only one tab (this forum thread) open and no extensions enabled on either browser:

Safari

Orion

Vlad

That is inonclusive unfortuantely, few MB difference are normal with OS memory management. I get both browsers at 215MB in the same scenario.

We are looking for the simplest case that has stark difference in memory used.

Noxlite

Vlad I guess so.

schalkneethling

Hey All,

I have Orion installed, no extensions, running 12 tabs. One fo these is a Google Doc and one is Google Calendar.
Here is the memory usage of Orion. I am on a MacPro M1.

These are my top 4 processes under memory in activity monitor. Firefox is running 15 tabs 5 of which is Google related services, and have around 15 extensions installed.

Vlad

schalkneethling Hi, if posting a memory problem please include

exact steps to reproduce (including what URLs you opened)
compare the usage to safari in same configuration (same extensions etc)
the best if you show a video while doing this with activity monitor visible

Otherwise the report is not actionable. Thanks

schalkneethling

I started closing some tabs hoping that the memory usage would go down, but it is having the opposite effect. I am now down to 7 tabs(including this one) and this is the current memory stats:

schalkneethling

I eventually closed it down and reopened the browser. It has been running for around 2 hours now with three tabs open and memory usage is now at 75.8MB

Blopolot

Steps to reproduce:
I was just using the browser looking at kogan (shopping). That was the only tab open. Even right now its taking excessive ram just for this one tab.

Expected behavior:
I expected the normal amount around 100-500mb or something. But no, its 1.06GB

Orion, OS version; hardware type:
I am fairly sure it is the latest orion.

Image/Video:

Vlad

Blopolot Please show steps to reproduce the problem, starting from a clean orion profile.

Blopolot

My extension are lastpass and grammarly.

Blopolot

Vlad Where do I start from a clean profile?

Vlad

Blopolot You can go to File -> Profiles -> New Profile to create a new profile (default settings, no extensions).. Then show us how to reproduce high RAM usage (bonus points if you can show that in the same circumstances Safari uses radically less RAM)

Cat

i've had this same issue, sometimes hitting 2-3 GB of ram being used by various orion processes.

Blopolot

Vlad I started with a clean profile but it only reached 400mb, I'm not sure what is causing the issue. Also safari was only 100mb off on the same website.

Edit: back on the default profile, it is 1.96GB from being on a single website.

Vlad

Blopolot Please provide exact steps to reproduce.

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