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Add-on drives CPU and RAM high and freezes Firefox

Add-on drives up CPU and RAM use and freezes Firefox.

Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.

6 public reports · first reported 7 September 2019 · last reported 29 April 2025

Idea report · $19 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Several users say the add-on consumes large amounts of CPU, sometimes 10 to 20 percent or near 100 percent, and that memory climbs until Firefox becomes unresponsive or crashes.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 6 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.