Hi,
As of the latest update, Version 0.99.123.2-beta (WebKit 615.1.16.1), the Kernel_task process keeps stacking ram with normal use...
There are no special steps to reproduce, besides regular surfing with 10-15 tabs. Kernel task jumps from 80mb ram to up to 1,5gb in some circumstances. This issue was also present in the previous version so it still needs further investigation;
Regards
Vlad The problem is no where to be present in Safari, here's a video showing the kernel task usage with 12 tabs total (10 YouTube, 9 paused and 1 active)
The video is downloadable here : https://dropover.cloud/da9ee5
This still seems to be present in 0.99.123.3-beta.
Tested with a clean profile. I noticed that kernel memory actually seems to increase each time an Orion window is closed, and it goes way down on quitting Orion (see attached). (Safari and STP are both running as well, and don't seem to be causing any increase.)
mb3 Thank you for your feedback, I thought I was the only one experiencing this issue. I had to temporarily revert back to Safari and hope to get back to Orion as soon as this problem gets fixed in a future update which I hope won't take too long to be released. @Vlad & team, this might help you out!
The most reliable way to reproduce this for me has been to open and close a lot of windows. If I have a set of Orion windows that just stay open, kernel memory doesn't seem to change much. But if I open and close windows frequently, kernel memory increases quickly.
This recording was made in the Guest user with a clean profile. Notice how kernel memory increases each time I close a window. Multiply that by a few days or weeks, and it will increase to gigabytes. I also opened pages with lots of large images and videos (like Apple product pages and Flickr) and scrolled through them. Not sure if that's necessary, but I didn't seem to be able to reproduce the issue quite as readily with blank windows.
When I do the same thing with Safari, kernel memory does increase, but not by as much (the most I saw was 5 MB), and it goes back down within about 30 seconds of closing a Safari window.
