1414943 - High CPU use on CNN article page on 2015 MBP

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1430884

(Core :: General, defect)

Description

[Asif Youssuff]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Set media.autoplay.enabled to false (to take video playback out of the equation)
2. Navigate to http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/06/politics/manafort-bail-mueller/index.html
2. Wait until page is finished loading


Actual results:

Page continues to take up 70% or more CPU on a Macbook Pro 2015. No user activity is required.  


Expected results:

Minimal CPU use, fans should not kick in. 

Performance profile: https://perfht.ml/2zmorkE

I'm running the latest Nightly on macOS.

Comment 1

[Brian Birtles (:birtles, Feb 26~ parental leave)]

I have received two more reports of this from friends using Firefox 57/58 on OS X.

One reports, "if you open http://cnn.com , FirefoxCP Web Content shoots up to 40-60% and stays hovering there. Firefox is a constant 5-10%. Chrome and Safari don't do this". This is on OSX 10.12.3 with no add-ons installed.

Another reports "CNN causes CPU to spike above 50%" and provided the attached screenshot. This second reporter has the following add-ons:
- 1Password Beta
- Evernote Web Clipper
- Ghostery (set to track, but not block Ads)

I've tried to reproduce this but on a MacBook Pro with OSX 10.12.4 I get:

Firefox 57: 9.1%~10.6% (for the FirefoxCP Web Content entry)
Safari 10.1: 10.2% ~ 13% (for the cnn.com entry)
Chrome 62: ~5%

Comment 2

[Brian Birtles (:birtles, Feb 26~ parental leave)]

Attachment: Screenshot

Comment 3

[Brian Birtles (:birtles, Feb 26~ parental leave)]

Sorry, my follow up comment refers to cnn.com in general and not the specific article mentioned in comment 0.

Comment 4

[Shaon Diwakar]

Screenshot provided by @birtles is from a Mid-2013 Macbook Air running OSX 10.13.1 (17B48).

Comment 5

[Shaon Diwakar]

I can also confirm that I see the same behaviour on http://thenewdaily.com.au/sport/football/2017/03/10/trump-travel-ban/

Comment 6

[Shaon Diwakar]

Attachment: Activity Monitor (All Processes) showing FF CPU usage exceeding 30 percent.png

Comment 7

[Firefox Bug Husbandry Bot]

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bug_Triage/Projects/Bug_Handling/Bug_Husbandry#Update_affecteds

Comment 8

[Hiroyuki Ikezoe (:hiro)]

The CNN case has been solved by bug 1430884.