According to online sources, Google Chrome has been crashing since yesterday, causing problems with loading pages and working with extensions. Crashes are reported to be occurring in Chrome 90.0.4430.212 and are affecting a subset of browser users.

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The mentioned version of the browser was released on May 10 and until recently there were no reports that it might work incorrectly. However, since yesterday, more and more user-generated messages have been appearing on the Chrome product forums about browser crashes. In addition to crashes in installed extensions, the browser stops loading pages, including pages with settings and experimental features of Chrome. The problem is observed both during normal operation and after activating incognito mode.

Browser problems are reported to be related to the% User Profile% AppDataLocalGoogleChromeUser Data folder, which is used to store user data, extensions, and browser configuration settings. The source says that you can fix the problem by renaming the User Data folder and restarting Chrome. Beforehand, it is recommended to save the contents of the mentioned folder in order to be able to restore the settings. Based on user reports, it does help in some cases, but sometimes Chrome crashes reoccur.

It is currently unknown what exactly is causing the crashes. It can be assumed that they began after Google, as part of testing, distributed some changes to a limited number of Chrome users. Google officials have so far refrained from commenting on the matter.

UPD: Windows Latest reported that Google has released an update that fixes crashes in the Chrome 90 browser. According to reports, it is distributed automatically. Users are advised to restart their browser and leave it in this state for about five minutes, even if it loads with errors. Then you need to restart Chrome again, after which the crashes should stop.