Chrome 94.0.4606.81 (Official Build) (64-bit) / Linux / Ubuntu 20.04 hangs after several reloads of npx vite dev server

[VanTanev]

Preamble

Opening this as a discussion because it's impossible to provide a concrete reproduction. The issue happens with a large propriety repo that I cannot share. Also, it might be an OS/Browser issue instead of a Vite issue.

Issue

Chrome 94.0.4606.81 (Official Build) (64-bit) / Linux / Ubuntu 20.04 (running inside VMWare Workstation Pro 16) hangs after several reloads of npx vite dev server

This is a clean install of Ubuntu 20.04, and Chrome with no extensions. Incognito tab crashes the same way.

On a project with a lot of resources, the chrome tab will become unresponsive after several reloads:

The tab might crash outright, or just become unresponsive as network requests get stuck on "pending":

npx vite --debug doesn't show anything interesting at the time of crash:

Cannot replicate on Chrome / Windows

Reloading the same page served from the same vite process on Chrome 94.0.4606.81 (Official Build) (64-bit) / Windows 10 21H1 Build 19043.1266 DOES NOT CRASH

[fatso83]

We have been seeing Vite hanging a lot since we first started using it half a year ago. Really wondering what happens. It might be Chrome that is somehow to blame; I remember our webpack builds could freeze the browser too if debugging in DevTools and at the same time causing a reload. Difference is that it happens on all platforms, also Windows and macOS.

[fatso83]

@VanTanev Have you fixed this or tried digging in to debug this? I have previously spent quite a lot of time debugging the vite setup for other reasons, but I seemed to end up in some hotspot that I could see was related, yet I did not totally understand how it worked related to the problem I was experiencing 😢

[VanTanev]

Sorry, I can't help. I ended up not using vite.

[fatso83]

Thanks for answering, regardless 😃