Extension is freezing some Youtube pages

[vitorrm]

Have you tried to find similar issues (open or recently closed)?

• Yes, this issue is not a duplicate

Browser

Google Chrome

Browser Version

Versão 127.0.6533.120 (Versão oficial) 64 bits

Extension or Userscript?

Extension

Extension/Userscript Version

3.0.0.16

Video link where you see the problem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qrEs5n9WlU

What happened?

Some youtube page videos are freezing when this extension is enabled, I only noticed it today, I turned all extensions off one by one until I tracked it down to this one.

I saw that in the ratings page of this extension there is another person reporting this same problem, so it is not restricted to me.

The problem does not happen when I load the page with the dev console opened, but as soon as I close it the page freezes. I have to close the browser tab to reload the page

How to reproduce/recreate?

Open the YT video from the field above with the dev console closed and the extension enabled and see that the page is freezing.

Will you be available for follow-up questions to help developers diagnose & fix the issue?

Yes

[bottleblue]

This is happening to me too after the Firefox 129 update. The page will freeze and become unresponsive to mouse clicks but the audio still plays. Task Manager shows huge RAM usage for a couple Firefox processes, 1-5GB+.

Quitting Firefox doesn't close the processes in Task Manager. I have to end task on the Firefox processes that are using the high RAM in order for the other processes to close.

[donorsemen]

Seconded.
I have the same problem myself.
Firefox 129.0.1, flatpak, ubuntu 24.04, gnome 46, wayland (X is the same)

[Sahil12524]

here same I am using edge browser, and it is freezing entire web page.

[BlexToGo]

I have the same issue with Chrome Version 127.0.6533.120 (Official Build) (64-bit) on Windows 10 22H2. Video was playing for 2-3 seconds before the page completely froze and I couldn't do anything besides closing the tab.

[david1hung]

Extension seems to consistently cause a freeze when watching livestreams that support 1440p+ resolutions.
I have been trying to watch the OWCS livestreams on Overwatch Esports YouTube. Works fine when watching the 1080p VODs there.

[shibotto]

It seems to me that it's struggling a lot to relocate the buttons next to 👍 👎 .

[kokon191]

The problem does not happen when I load the page with the dev console opened, but as soon as I close it the page freezes. I have to close the browser tab to reload the page

Along with the comment another made above about the resolution and the button relocation attempts, it reminds me of an old issue that exhibited the exact same behavior (not sure if it's fixed).

@vitorrm You can retry with the dev console popped out instead of docking to the same window so that the youtube tab retains its resolution with the dev console active to see if the problem still persists and anything prints in the logs.

[vitorrm]

Yep, with the dev console popped out the problem does happen, here is the screenshot of the dev console while the page is frozen

[kokon191]

@vitorrm What resolution is your screen? And do you maximize your browser? Your cropped screenshot is a fair bit bigger than 1080p so I guess you have a 1440p monitor?

[vitorrm]

Yes, I do maximize the browser.
My monitor is a portable 4k 15.6 Inch monitor (from Aliexpress).

[Alf3rez]

I having the same issue with Vivaldi and Brave, something is broken, but it happens only to VP9 videos, AV01 are working fine, I haven't notice it until today.

I'm sure youtube dislike the extension and well, here we are XD.

The tab is freezing completely, hope it can be solve soon.

[kokon191]

If anyone's encountering the issue and is using a 1440p or 1080p monitor, can you post the URL here?

[vitorrm]

Not the same, but I did the following test:

I switch the resolution to 2560x1440 at 200% scale (recommended option from Windows) and the problem does happen, HOWEVER if I switch the scale to 100% the problem does NOT happen.

It also does not happen a lower resolutions like 1440x900, but for those resolutions the recommended scale is 100%.

Another test I did is to go back to 4k and set the scale to 100% (the default recommendation from Windows is 300% for 4k), and the problem DOES NOT happen at 100%, so it seems that it has something to do with the resolution scale on Windows

[shibotto]

Help me understand if we are talking about the same thing. By carefully shrinking the window, I can somewhat trigger this at will. Most of the time though it triggers by itself due to the fact that I don't keep the browser full width, different videos have different buttons, like/dislike take more or less space, etc.

Here's a video:

freeze_1.mp4