📅 2025-09-26 — Session: Diagnosed Firefox Input and Typing Lag Issues
🕒 04:10–04:45
🏷️ Labels: Firefox, Linux, Performance, Troubleshooting, Input Lag
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The session aimed to diagnose and troubleshoot input freezing and typing lag issues in Firefox on Linux systems.
Key Activities
- Diagnosed Firefox Input Freezing: Explored potential causes such as main-thread event loop issues, compositor stalls, disk/memory pressure, extensions, and known bugs.
- Decoded GTK Module Warnings: Analyzed GTK module warnings related to Firefox performance, identifying mismatches and other factors causing typing lag.
Achievements
- Developed a comprehensive understanding of the issues affecting Firefox’s performance and identified actionable steps to mitigate them.
Pending Tasks
- Further testing of the proposed solutions in different Linux environments to ensure robustness.