Browser tab has unexpectedly crashed is shown a lot | Incognito mode | Fresh chrome installation

[NSnietol]

Hi everyone,

I recently started using the tool, I found that first days it was working as expected in various places, however, I started seeing an issue stating the browser tab has unexpectedly crashed a lot, it's frustrating.

Things already tried.

• Disable all the extensions
• Always use incognito
• Contact the security team to understand if they were blocking anything from Lighthouse
• Installed the browser again.

[adamraine]

You forgot to hide the page URL at the top of the DevTools window :). You clearly wanted to keep it private, so I won't test it myself.

Either way, we do need more detailed reproduction steps to understand what's going on here. Can you provide some other page that reproduces this issue along with the steps you took to get there?

[VintageNouveau]

I am getting the same issue. I run Lighthouse in incognito mode in Chrome Version 135.0.7049.85 (Official Build) (64-bit). It gives me an error message:

[VintageNouveau]

I ran Lighthouse in regular mode and got the same error.

[EdithAllison]

I'm seeing the same issue, a sample URL is bylegacy DOT co DOT UK
doesn't matter if incognito or regular window.

[GeeKanJi]

I am also encountering this issue since migrating a site from WordPress 6.7 to WordPress 6.8. I confirm that the issue is present in both private mode and normal mode.

Could the new "Speculative Loading" feature be the cause?

[GeeKanJi]

For WordPress users encountering the error after migrating to WordPress 6.8, the issue seems to be related to the new "Speculative Loading" feature in version 6.8.

With this feature, some sites work while others don't, likely depending on the plugins, theme used, or conflicts with certain CDN services.

To resolve the issue, while awaiting more information, you can disable the "Speculative Loading" feature with the following code:

add_filter( 'wp_speculation_rules_configuration', '__return_null' );

Note that this means you will no longer benefit from speculative loading, which could impact performance.