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[Olivier Tilloy <olivier.tilloy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I can reproduce on krillin, with the latest vivid-proposed image (#184).

Relevant output from /var/log/syslog:

Apr 14 19:01:49 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 6435.958540]select 'unity8-dash' (2512), adj 50, size 14703, to kill
Apr 14 19:01:49 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 6435.958570]select 'webbrowser-app' (9421), adj 110, size 16248, to kill
Apr 14 19:01:49 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 6435.958590]select 'oxide-renderer' (16584), adj 300, size 150274, to kill
Apr 14 19:01:49 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 6435.958613]Killing 'oxide-renderer' (16584), adj 300,
Apr 14 19:01:49 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 6435.958617]   to free 601096kB on behalf of 'CompositorTileW' (16593) because
Apr 14 19:01:49 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 6435.958622]   cache 65364kB is below limit 65536kB for oom_score_adj 12
Apr 14 19:01:49 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 6435.958627]   Free memory is -3272kB above reserved [gfp(0x200da)]

So technically, the browser doesn’t crash, but the renderer process is being killed by the system to free up memory.
The browser should certainly display a user-friendly message when that happens, instead of just a blank page (tracked by bug #1375272). However I doubt you’ll ever be able to view that page in its entirety on this device, given the memory constraints.

** Changed in: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Summary changed:

- browser crashes on image-heavy pages
+ renderer process is killed on image-heavy pages on krillin

** Also affects: webbrowser-app
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: webbrowser-app
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  renderer process is killed on image-heavy pages on krillin

Status in Web Browser App:
  Confirmed
Status in webbrowser-app package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  On the BQ ubuntu phone, while browsing image-heavy pages, the browser
  suddenly turns completely white and unresponsive. Closing the app and
  restarting it fixes the problem.

  example: I can't watch this page to the end, because the browser
  crashes in the middle... https://imgur.com/gallery/NnGyq

  I have this on a lot of websites, after browsing for 30 minutes, the
  browser crashes...

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