version 137.0.2 (64 bits), Windows 11 sometimes become unstable, many instances, hang and freeze

[Chuck_Bee]

Firefox version 137.0.2 (64 bits), Windows 11 sometimes becomes unstable, many instances are opened in task manager, it hangs and freeze, making Windows 11 also freeze.

It happens 3 times this week.

Firefox is my favorite Browser,

Pretty please, Make Firefox Great and Stable Again !

System info:

Nom de l'appareil ASUS-VIVO-PRO-17
Processeur Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz 1.99 GHz
Mémoire RAM installée 8,00 Go (7,85 Go utilisable)
Type du système Système d’exploitation 64 bits, processeur x64

Windows 11 Édition Famille
Version 24H2
Installé le ‎2025-‎02-‎16
Build du système d’exploitation 26100.3775
Expérience Pack d’expérience de fonctionnalités Windows 1000.26100.66.0

[earthtoben]

Ive got the same issue with linux mint. im not sure what triggers it but bloated sites like aliexpress suddenly freeze firefox. it offers the kill the process but if I choose to wait and give it a few minutes the browser functionality usually returns; sometimes im not so patient.

mint:~$ inxi -Fxxxzr
System:
  Kernel: 6.8.0-57-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0
    clocksource: tsc
  Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.2.9 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.2.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 22 Wilma base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: Z390 Phantom Gaming 4
    serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: P4.30 date: 08/07/2019
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_26 model: Logitech MX Master 3S serial: <filter>
    charge: 60% status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: 6-core model: Intel Core i5-9400F bits: 64 type: MCP
    smt: <unsupported> arch: Coffee Lake rev: D cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB
    L3: 9 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4100 cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
    5: 800 6: 800 bogomips: 34798
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER] vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: nvidia v: 535.183.01 arch: Turing pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
    ports: active: none off: DP-4,DP-5 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:21c4 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Microdia Dual Mode Camera (8006 VGA) driver: hid-generic,usbhid
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-4.2:48
    chip-ID: 0c45:8006 class-ID: 0301
  Device-3: Anker PowerConf C200
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-4.4:50 chip-ID: 291a:3369
    class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X:
    loaded: nouveau unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa failed: nvidia
    gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x286mm (40.00x11.26")
    s-diag: 1055mm (41.55")
  Monitor-1: DP-4.1.8 pos: right res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 93
    size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8") modes: N/A
  Monitor-2: DP-4.8 pos: primary,left res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 93
    size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8") modes: N/A
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
    drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
    inactive: gbm,wayland,device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 535.183.01
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
    SUPER/PCIe/SSE2
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU116 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aeb class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: JMTek LLC. USB PnP Audio Device
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-4.3:49 chip-ID: 0c76:161e class-ID: 0300
  Device-4: Anker PowerConf C200
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-4.4:50 chip-ID: 291a:3369
    class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-57-generic status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASRock driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15bc class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7921 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
    driver: N/A pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:7961
    class-ID: 0280
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: TP-Link Bluetooth USB Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-13:5 chip-ID: 2357:0604
    class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci1 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1
    lmp-v: 10 sub-v: d922 hci-v: 10 rev: dfc6 class-ID: 7c0104
  Device-2: MediaTek Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-9:3 chip-ID: 0e8d:7961 class-ID: e001
    serial: <filter>
  Report: ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11
    sub-v: 2402 hci-v: 11 rev: 1911 class-ID: 7c0104
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 port: 4020
    bus-ID: 00:17.0 chip-ID: 8086:2822 rev: N/A class-ID: 0104
  Supported mdraid levels: raid0 raid1 raid6 raid5 raid4 raid10
  Device-1: md126 type: mdraid level: raid-0 status: active size: 10.92 TiB
  Info: report: N/A blocks: 11721039872 chunk-size: 64k
  Components: Online: 0: sdc 1: sdb
  Device-2: md127 type: mdraid level: N/A status: inactive size: N/A
  Info: report: N/A blocks: 5296 chunk-size: N/A
  Components: Online: N/A Spare: 0: sdc 1: sdb
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 42.77 TiB used: 24.24 TiB (56.7%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Fanxiang model: S500Pro 1TB size: 953.87 GiB
    speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: SN12109
    temp: 40.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM008-2FR102 size: 1.82 TiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0001
    scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: Seagate model: ST6000VN0033-2EE110 size: 5.46 TiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: SC60
  ID-4: /dev/sdc vendor: Seagate model: ST6000VN0033-2EE110 size: 5.46 TiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: SC60
  ID-5: /dev/sdd vendor: Seagate model: ST12000NM000J-2TY103 size: 21.83 TiB
    type: USB rev: 3.1 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    scheme: GPT
  ID-6: /dev/sde vendor: Western Digital model: WD80EDBZ-11B0ZA0
    size: 7.28 TiB type: USB rev: 3.1 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 tech: HDD rpm: 7200
    serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1031 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 703.09 GiB used: 342.6 GiB (48.7%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 96 MiB used: 32.5 MiB (33.9%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 1.08 GiB (54.1%) priority: -2
    file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 33.0 C pch: 63.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia
    temp: 50 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Repos:
  Packages: 3044 pm: dpkg pkgs: 3015 pm: flatpak pkgs: 29
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com wilma main upstream import backport
    2: deb https://mirror.it.ubc.ca/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb https://mirror.it.ubc.ca/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb https://mirror.it.ubc.ca/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/slack.list
    1: deb https://packagecloud.io/slacktechnologies/slack/debian/ jessie main
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam-beta.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam-stable.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg] https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
    2: deb-src [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg] https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.54 GiB used: 6.18 GiB (39.8%)
  Processes: 341 Power: uptime: 12d 9h 14m states: freeze,mem,disk
    suspend: deep wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform Init: systemd v: 255
    target: graphical (5) default: graphical
  Compilers: gcc: 13.3.0 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.21 running-in: gnome-terminal
    inxi: 3.3.34

[TorontoGooner]

I concurs. Firefox build 137.0.2 (64-bit) on Windows 11 is a disaster:

• Startup with 1.2 GB of RAM, one tab open, and all add-ons disabled
• Makes my PC very slow even for other apps, as it's using up a lot of system resources
• I did all the usual, clearing cache, disabling all extensions and themes, and it's still have the same behaviour

Need a very quick update. I'm using Edge for now, until there's a fix for FireFox

[Itek]

I confirm, version 137.0.2 is a disaster. It has already cleared the settings a dozen or so times. After restarting, all plugins, settings, bookmarks, synchronization, etc. have to be configured again. And this has happened several times in the last few days.

[tate]

Yes this version is worst

[ydeletrain]

Last week, Firefox has been automatically upgraded to version 137.0.2 (64 bit) on my Win 11 business laptop. Since that moment indeed, browsing has almost become impossible: it is awfully slow and CPU intensive. Refreshing Firefox and clearing the cookies/data cache did not help...