289978 - firefox.exe process keeps running after closing Firefox and uses lots of memory

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Sander van Boxtel]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; nl-NL; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050318 Firefox/1.0.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; nl-NL; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050318 Firefox/1.0.2

Most of the time when i close Firefox (v1.0.2), the process itself (firefox.exe)
keeps on running / does not close (viewable in Task Manager>Processes) and takes
for about 70 MB of RAM.

And when i close Windows (XP SP2) the process hangs (can't be closed by Windows
automatically) and i get the 'End programm' Windows-dialog.

I didn't have this problem with previous versions of Firefox. 

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go browsing some websites.
2. Close Firefox
3. Go to the windows Task Manager, view process list .. and see if Firefox is
still running.

Comment 1

[nicolas chevreux]

Confirmed on Win XP PRO SP1, running Firefox 1.0.3.

Reinstallin FF with a new profile does not solve this problem.

Comment 2

[Aja Lapus]

Confirmed on Firefox 1.0.3 running on Windows XP Pro SP2

I also tried rebooting the PC and reinstalling Fx1.0.3 but it still occurs most
of the time.

Comment 3

[Ryan Painter]

Confirmed on Windows XP Home SP2 with Firefox 1.0.4 but this process only takes
up to 20 megs of RAM. I cannot open another instance of firefox without killing
this processs.

Comment 4

[Mark Edward Linehan]

I am experiencing this same issue. I am running Firefox v1.01 on a Windows XP
Home Version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519: Service Pack 2)

Pentium 4 2.40GHz with 768 MB RAM

I am using Outlook Express as my mail client.

I can not pinpoint any specific action that causes this to occur, but it happens
often enough to lead me to believe it is a bug with the application and not a
problem with my system.

I have been a computer technician for 20 years (Senior Helpdesk Technician for
14 years). I am teaching myself Visual Basic.net

Please let me know if there is anything I can do towards finding a
cause/solution to this problem. I am trying to find a common denominator still,
but not having any luck.

Comment 5

[Sander van Boxtel]

After i removed the Java Runtime environment the problem did not happen anymore
(untill now). The process closes. 

I'm going to reinstall Java and see what happens.

Comment 6

[Sander van Boxtel]

Reïnstalling the Java Runtime stuff (after having removed it first) seemed to
have fixed the issue for me !

Comment 7

[Sander van Boxtel]

After a few 'clean' days .. this bug is back. I thought it had something to do
with the Java RE .. it can still be .. But nevertheless the problem is still
there and annoying me. 

Comment 8

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

Do you have any extensions installed? Also upgrading to 1.0.4 might be a good idea.

Comment 9

[Sander van Boxtel]

(In reply to comment #8)
> Do you have any extensions installed? Also upgrading to 1.0.4 might be a good
idea.

I have no extensions installed. Running on Windows XP Pro SP2 (latest security
patches). And i have Firefox 1.0.4

I've also tried to reinstall Firefox after having deleted the whole profile and
all other stuff. I will try this again soon .. but i doubt it helps. 

If there is a way how i can debug this .. let me know.

Comment 10

[Jaime Mitchell (use [e-mail] for email)]

Likely a dupe of bug 275783 although insufficient information given to be sure.

Comment 11

[WADA:World Anti-bad-Duping Agency]

If Java related problem(JRE,Applet etc.), see Bug 172129, in addition to bug 275783.
Same issue?

Comment 12

[Sander van Boxtel]

Looks a lot like bug 275783 indeed .. But after i close Firefox .. the process
stays alive BUT I CAN open Firefox again after that. I do not have to kill the
process first to open Firefox again. 

But when i close Windows .. i HAVE to kill the process manually (the infamous
'End now' dialog box). 

But i think the problem has to do with the JRE .. but i'm not sure (and don't
have the programmers skills to discover it. )

Comment 13

[Kemp Hiatt]

I uninstalled v1.0.4, deleted all of the registry entries, and re-installed
v1.0.1. I also reinstalled Java. The problem still occurs, but FAR less
frequently than it used to. Strangely, it seems to come and go...

Comment 14

[GuidoD]

Encountered numerous times and is a warning of future crash. Could be caused by 
too much extensions (+15)

Comment 15

[Nigel Gale]

I have the same problem with Dear park Alpha 2.

Comment 16

[gary]

I've been running firefox 1.0.6 and I have noticed that this bug comes into play
reliably if the built-in download manager has been opened. Even if it is closed
before all other windows in that process were closed the firefox process remains
running.


My suggestion would be to terminate whenever both of these conditions are met:
1) there are no open windows attached to the process.
2) there is nothing downloading.

A way to implement this would be whenever a window is destroyed and whenever a
download completes.

Sorry if I seem pushy. I just thought if i was to post a bug/comment I better
have a half-cooked plan on how to correct it.

Comment 17

[Sander van Boxtel]

After reinstall of operating system (also reinstall JRE / Java) i have no
problems anymore.