Memory issue on tabs now fixed

When can we expect this Fix? In version 1.01 or in 1.1 or in 1.5.

Comment by aasgier at February 23, 2005 10:16 AM | Permalink

In Firefox 1.1.
Firefox 1.0.1 will have only security related improvements.

That's not quite true. Firefox 1.0.1 will have several non-security fixes. See http://www.squarefree.com/burningedge/releases/1.0.1.html.

Comment by Jesse Ruderman at February 23, 2005 10:50 AM | Permalink

The previous note has an extra dot at the end of the URL rendering it a 404. Corrected URL:
http://www.squarefree.com/burningedge/releases/1.0.1.html

This bug hasn't yet been fixed. The checkins yesterday (from bug 283063) were for the Mozilla suite. Work by dbaron et al to move them over is continuing, though.

Comment by Logan at February 23, 2005 02:30 PM | Permalink

I'm sorry, but I'm still trying to get a handle on the bugzilla process. I noticed that that bug is marked as NEW. If the patches have already been checked in, why hasn't the bug been marked as FIXED instead?

People, read the bug(s). Bug 283063 is fixed, this was for Firefox trunk (i.e. FF 1.1). The mentioned Bug 131456 will fix it for Mozilla Suite (trunk only) and some new parts for FF too. But the patch is not checked in yet. That is the reason for NEW. All branch releases like FF 1.0.1/Mozilla Suite 1.7.6 don't have these patches (or don't need it).

Gemal.
Thank you so much for posting about interesting bugs. I believe we all find it very rewarding, so you can take this as a plea to please continue posting about and/all bugs that you find usefull and interesting.

Thanks again.
Cheers
-Jed

Comment by Jed at February 23, 2005 07:14 PM | Permalink

firefox tab memory leak problem solved...

Yeah... Thanks for posting about so interesting bugs. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for sharing this. I really look forward to download a new version of Firefox with this bug out.

Right now i have approx. 40 tabs open consuming 120+MB on my laptop. Hopefully this could bring memory consumption down to a reasonable level.

For the Firefox team, Gemal and the other bug hunters: Keep on rockin'!

Comment by Jesper Rønn-Jensen at February 24, 2005 09:01 PM | Permalink

One fix taken back: [url=https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=268513]backed out the fix.[/url]

One thing I have noticed is that when I minimize Firefox, the memory usage goes way down. When I maximize it again, the memory bounces back, but to a smaller value than before. It then slowly begins creeping up again.