Dark Reader freezes and crashes Reddit pages
Reddit pages slow down, stop loading new content, or crash the tab with Dark Reader enabled, especially after a May 2026 update.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
5 public reports · first reported 9 May 2026 · last reported 26 May 2026
What's going wrong
Several Firefox users say that after a spring 2026 update, this dark-mode add-on makes Reddit almost unusable.
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 5 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
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