ChatGPT browser freezes and crashes on long conversations (300+ messages)
Heavy ChatGPT users experience severe browser lag and crashes when opening conversations with 300+ messages, as the interface renders the entire DOM at once. The problem scales with usage — power users who rely on ChatGPT most are penalized hardest. Virtual scrolling is a proven fix but OpenAI has not natively implemented it.
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