Dark Reader updates freeze and crash Firefox tabs
Firefox freezes, hangs or crashes whole tabs and the browser after a Dark Reader update, sometimes locking up the PC.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
13 public reports · first reported 14 December 2024 · last reported 12 August 2026
What's going wrong
After certain updates, this dark-mode add-on reportedly freezes Firefox tabs, crashes the browser, and in some cases makes the whole computer unresponsive.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
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