The reason why the OOM killer never kicks in is because of recent changes in the browser (https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~phablet-team /webbrowser-app/trunk/revision/1361, released with version 0.23+16.04.20160223-0ubuntu1) which automatically unload background tabs when it thinks the system is running low on memory.
A situation where the OOM killer would do its job is with only one tab open, and many other apps open consuming memory, but in that case it’s likely that it would kill background apps first, not the oxide renderer process. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to webbrowser-app in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1542002 Title: [browser] opening multiple tabs causing major system slowdown or crash Status in The Avila project: New Status in Canonical System Image: Confirmed Status in Canonical Pocket Desktop: New Status in webbrowser-app package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: the default browser constantly seems to crash when set up as pocket desktop. For example when viewing this page: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/bq-aquaris-m10-ubuntu-edition-tablet-news Also when using google docs, and even launch pad. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/avila/+bug/1542002/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
