Orion RC graphics and media to use 1.7gb ram with no open tabs

Tinholoco

Steps to reproduce:

Open 2 profile windows, pin reddit and youtube in one profile and no pins in second profile
do some work, opening and closing some tabs across the two profiles
observe ram usage (I am using the "stats" app) to be 1.5gb and higher

Extensions installed: consent-o-matic, strongbox autofill. Happens wihout extensions as well.

ram usage seems very high

Orion 0.99.129.2-rc, Sequoia 15.1.1

Sequoia (15)

Vlad

Tinholoco What would other browers use in this scenario?

Albi

Similar happened to me too. But with a slightly larger amount of memory. Is this normal behavior?
Almost all tabs are suspended.

Orion RC 0.99.136.1-rc (WebKit 623.1.8.0.0)
macOS Version 26.0.1 (Build 25A362)
MacBookPro17,1

Session Info:

- Open windows => 1
- Pinned tabs => 3
- Active window tabs => 52
- Active tab url => https://orionfeedback.org/d/9112-orion-rc-graphics-and-media-to-use-17gb-ram-with-no-open-tabs/3


Enabled Extensions:

- Consent-O-Matic (chrome)
- Metastream Remote (firefox)
- SponsorBlock for YouTube - Skip Sponsorships (firefox)
- iCloud Passwords (chrome)

Disabled Extensions:

- Dark Reader (firefox)
- Bitwarden Password Manager (firefox)
- Vimmatic (chrome)

Non Default Settings:

- AutofillAddressEnabled => 0
- AutofillCreditCardEnabled => 0
- AutofillEnabled => 1
- ShowKagiPrivacyPass => 0
- PreferredBookmarkFolderId => 3
- PasswordProvider => thirdParty
- DefaultFontFamily => SF Pro
- NotificationsEnabled => 0
- ContentBlockerLastUpdated => 2025-10-04 19:12:12 +0000
- ContentBlockerDefaultRuleUpdated => 1
- ContentBlockerDefaultRuleText => reddit.com##.promotedlink
- isBackgroundImageDarkOnStartPage => 1
- overflowMenuItems => (
    summarizePage,
    "customAction-2DC4AC8A-7321-4557-8287-34D69251B7FF",
    "webExtButton-5ec6d11ea87f9fdd8909e145103e19e6",
    "webExtButton-73165377b43b01f953b4b8889bf9f86d",
    "webExtButton-103a8a8bfd556722eca2b351b5817ecb",
    "webExtButton-mdjildafknihdffpkfmmpnpoiajfjnjd"
)
- WebAutomaticSpellingCorrectionEnabled => 0
- WebContinuousSpellCheckingEnabled => 0
- WebAutomaticQuoteSubstitutionEnabled => 0
- WebAutomaticDashSubstitutionEnabled => 0
- ToolbarConfiguration => {
    "TB Default Item Identifiers" =     (
        toggleSidebar,
        navigationGroup,
        NSToolbarFlexibleSpaceItem,
        privacyButton,
        elementPicker,
        websiteSettingsButton,
        locationBar,
        bookmarkButton,
        addTabButton,
        NSToolbarFlexibleSpaceItem,
        downloadsButton,
        shareButton,
        tabOverview,
        overflow
    );
    "TB Display Mode" = 2;
    "TB Icon Size Mode" = 1;
    "TB Is Shown" = 1;
    "TB Item Identifiers" =     (
        toggleSidebar,
        NSToolbarSidebarTrackingSeparatorItemIdentifier,
        navigationGroup,
        NSToolbarFlexibleSpaceItem,
        privacyButton,
        elementPicker,
        websiteSettingsButton,
        locationBar,
        bookmarkButton,
        addTabButton,
        NSToolbarFlexibleSpaceItem,
        "webExtButton-pejdijmoenmkgeppbflobdenhhabjlaj",
        focusMode,
        shareButton,
        tabOverview,
        downloadsButton,
        overflow
    );
    "TB Size Mode" = 1;
}
- ToolbarConfigurationForCompactTabs => {
    "TB Display Mode" = 2;
    "TB Icon Size Mode" = 1;
    "TB Is Shown" = 1;
    "TB Size Mode" = 1;
}
- WebExtsLastUpdatedDate => 2025-10-05 20:12:24 +0000
- WebExtAutomaticUpdates => 1
- UseDefaultSearchEngineInPrivateMode => 1
- ContentBlockingListStates => {
    d3Host =     {
        enabled = 1;
        lastUpdated = "2024-12-10 00:00:00 +0000";
        totalRules = 134;
    };
    easyList =     {
        enabled = 1;
        lastUpdated = "2025-10-04 19:11:53 +0000";
        totalRules = 72443;
    };
    easyPrivacy =     {
        enabled = 1;
        lastUpdated = "2025-10-04 19:12:03 +0000";
        totalRules = 54324;
    };
    fanboyAnnoyance =     {
        enabled = 1;
        lastUpdated = "2025-10-04 19:12:12 +0000";
        totalRules = 51596;
    };
    userFilters =     {
        enabled = 1;
        lastUpdated = "2025-10-04 19:12:12 +0000";
        totalRules = 2;
    };
}
- LastSaveAsDownloadLocation => /Users/albi/Downloads
- GlobalFirstLaunchActions => 3
- CurrentProfileFirstLaunchActions => 1
- AllowFirefoxWebExtensions => 1
- AllowChromeWebExtensions => 1
- LastQuitCloseAllWindows => 0
- ShowErrorIndicator => 0
- ReaderModeBorderShadowEnabled => 0
- LastUsedBuildVersion => 136.1
- LastUsedProfileIdentifier => Defaults
- WillInstallUpdate => 0
- HasUpdateAvailable => 0
- LinkPreviewHasBeenOpenedInExternalApp => 1
- LinkPreviewWindowInitialWidth => 1177.9453125
- LinkPreviewWindowInitialHeight => 618.8984375
- LinkPreviewWindowInitialXposition => 401
- LinkPreviewWindowInitialYposition => 457
- PreCompiledContentRuleListVersion => 136.1
- LastCrashCheckDate => 2025-10-05 07:03:33 +0000
- LowPowerMode => 1
- NextDownloadID => 68
- OpenLinkPreview => 0
- PasswordSavingEnabled => 0
- SavedWindowSize => 2540.0,1388.0
- SavedWindowPosition => 10.0,11.0
- ShowTitlesInTabs => 1
- TabsShowFavicons => 1
- TabStyle => treeStyle
- LastActiveHorizontalTabStyle => compact
- BookmarksBarVisible => 0
- LeftSidebarVisible => 1
- CurrentOpenSidebar => verticalTabs
- BookmarksSidebarWidth => 240
- RightSidebarWidth => 469
- ShowFocusModeIndicator => 1
- CloseOtherProfilesOnQuit => 0
- QuitWithConfirmation => 1
- ActiveLibraryTab => readingList
- ActivePreferenceTab => passwords
- UseTabSwitcherUI => 0
- CookieRemovalDidPerformedOnAppExit => 1
- UniversalSummaryLanguage => ru
- UniversalSummaryFontSize => 16
- AutomaticPictureInPicture => auto
- AutomaticPictureInPictureOnboardingPresented => 1
- OrionPlusSubscriptionData => {length = 58, bytes = 0x7b22616d 6f756e74 223a3135 302c2273 ... 66657469 6d65227d }
- ShouldPrintBackgrounds => 1

Albi

{full reset}

It's not the most convenient process; it would be better if there was something like a "Repair" button. A full browser reset helped me with excessive memory usage (16 GB on Orion RC with one tab open). Before the reset, memory usage was skyrocketing specifically on the Orion RC process. All the tabs and other child processes nested under this parent process were roughly the same as in Safari. I restored all the settings, extensions, and tabs to how they were before and so far I haven't had any problems.

{ram consumption right now}

Also, I think I figured out why I was seeing excessive memory usage in Orion RC Graphics and Media. It seems it was because in one of my Saved Windows, the first tab was YouTube, and apparently, the video was loading in the background. And yet, as far as I remember, I did hit "Suspend other tabs" and "Suspend"(on saved window) before taking the screenshot for the October 7th post.
I'll keep an eye on this kind of behavior and report back after a week of observation.

nitin

I have around 27 tabs open, this is what it looks like.

Some more detail on that 8GB process

Let me know if I can give any more info to debug this. Not running any extensions other than ublock origin.
Running on:
Version 1.0.0 (139), WebKit 623.1.8.0.0
Build date November 25, 2025
MacBook Pro M2 (macOS Tahoe 26.1 build 25B78)