Pale Moon unable to release web worker

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Pale Moon unable to release web worker

Unread post by Kolusion » 2023-07-17, 13:46

I have a problem that looks like Pale Moon not able to terminate a web worker after the tab which spawned it is closed. It results in Pale Moon briefly in and out of not responding.

The problem is trigger by this problem:

viewtopic.php?f=70&t=30038

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Re: Pale Moon unable to release web worker

Unread post by Kolusion » 2023-07-17, 13:54

Another problem it causes it is unable to release memory used by the tab.

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Re: Pale Moon unable to release web worker

Unread post by Shadow » 2023-07-18, 09:53

Is this advisory applicable? It's a coincidence that I had this forum and latest ff esr notes open.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-26/