[Bug] CAD makes Firefox browser hang without Cache Cleanup enabled

Acknowledgements

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Describe the bug

Like https://github.com/Cookie-AutoDelete/Cookie-AutoDelete/issues/1120, however on Windows, and without Cache Cleanup enabled (disabling it was the previous “solution” to the problem), the problem still persists.

As detailed in my comment on the linked issue:

My CAD core settings (click):

{
  "settings": [
    {
      "name": "activeMode",
      "value": true
    },
    {
      "name": "delayBeforeClean",
      "value": 15
    },
    {
      "name": "statLogging",
      "value": true
    },
    {
      "name": "showNumOfCookiesInIcon",
      "value": true
    },
    {
      "name": "showNotificationAfterCleanup",
      "value": false
    },
    {
      "name": "cleanCookiesFromOpenTabsOnStartup",
      "value": true
    },
    {
      "name": "contextualIdentities",
      "value": false
    },
    {
      "id": "DEPRECATED - use localStorageCleanup",
      "name": "localstorageCleanup",
      "value": true
    },
    {
      "name": "notificationOnScreen",
      "value": "5"
    },
    {
      "name": "domainChangeCleanup",
      "value": false
    },
    {
      "id": "DEPRECATED - use default expressions",
      "name": "greyCleanLocalstorage",
      "value": true
    },
    {
      "id": "DEPRECATED - use default expressions",
      "name": "whiteCleanLocalstorage",
      "value": true
    },
    {
      "name": "enableNewVersionPopup",
      "value": true
    },
    {
      "name": "debugMode",
      "value": false
    },
    {
      "name": "enableGreyListCleanup",
      "value": true
    },
    {
      "name": "keepDefaultIcon",
      "value": false
    },
    {
      "name": "sizePopup",
      "value": 16
    },
    {
      "name": "sizeSetting",
      "value": 16
    },
    {
      "name": "contextMenus",
      "value": false
    },
    {
      "name": "discardedCleanup",
      "value": true
    },
    {
      "name": "cacheCleanup",
      "value": false
    },
    {
      "name": "cleanExpiredCookies",
      "value": true
    },
    {
      "name": "indexedDBCleanup",
      "value": true
    },
    {
      "name": "localStorageCleanup",
      "value": true
    },
    {
      "name": "manualNotifications",
      "value": true
    },
    {
      "name": "pluginDataCleanup",
      "value": true
    },
    {
      "name": "serviceWorkersCleanup",
      "value": true
    },
    {
      "name": "contextualIdentitiesAutoRemove",
      "value": true
    }
  ]
}

As my comment states:

As soon as I open Firefox, some of the tabs that try to load just hang with a blank background with a spinning circular icon until they eventually do. This also happens seemingly randomly during use of the browser and fairly often. When I disable CAD and restart Firefox, tabs always load instantly.

This has been happening since maybe Firefox version 97-98?

To Reproduce

Not clear how to cause the issue to occur. It was a few Firefox versions ago that the problem occurred. Whether it was introduced by Firefox or a version of CAD I don’t know. I will try to diagnose this a little further by resetting CAD to its default settings and see if the issue persists. Kind of reluctant to do so because I’ll potentially be losing my current logins and other info. I will wait for any response first.

Expected Behavior

Extension to not cause hangs, regardless if the Cache Cleanup settings option is enabled or not.

Screenshots

No response

System Info - Operating System (OS)

Windows 11

System Info - Browser Info

Firefox 101.0.1

System Info - CookieAutoDelete Version

3.7.0

Additional Context

I am aware that duplicate issues shouldn’t be opened but my attempts to mention the dev’s username didn’t appear to get any response. Close if need be, but any help would be greatly appreciated as this is an ongoing problem in my daily use and I would rather not disable CAD altogether and find a replacement extension.

[redactedscribe]

Just to let you know, unfortunately as predicted, after a week of daily browser use, the spinning circle has begun to return. I suppose I’ll have to disable and then re-enable IndexDB and LocalStorage cleaning to clean them out to regain normal tab-loading speed before the hangs become even longer.

[kennethtran93]

You’re not having CAD keep anything you’ve enabled CAD to clean, so you’re essentially cleaning up all cookies, indexeddb, localstorage, plugin data, and service workers for domains matching that expression

I see what you’re saying. However, this shouldn’t be cleaning up the cookies as I have “Keep All Cookies” enabled (which is the only reason the expression exists), but yes, everything else for that particular domain should be being cleared.

My bad. Seems I messed up with the variable name of that option in the backend.

Currently, it stands that cleanAllCookies with true is actually Keep All Cookies checked, so I’ll need to rename that as well in the next version.