Running this in focal, I started the chromium snap with debug enabled as Oliver suggested in IRC. When the tab went blank (black in the incognito), I got a never ending stream of these errors:
[3245519:3245983:0604/121824.098686:WARNING:syncer_proto_util.cc(361)] Error posting from syncer: Response Code (bogus on error): 401 Content-Length (bogus on error): 5 Server Status: SYNC_AUTH_ERROR ... [3245733:3245733:0604/122913.673580:ERROR:gl_context_glx.cc(227)] Couldn't make context current with X drawable. [3245733:3245733:0604/122913.673654:ERROR:gles2_command_buffer_stub.cc(327)] ContextResult::kTransientFailure: Failed to make context current. [3245733:3245733:0604/122913.674703:WARNING:x11_util.cc(1522)] X error received: serial 824243, error_code 170 (GLXBadContext), request_code 154, minor_code 26 (Unknown) [3245733:3245733:0604/122913.676000:WARNING:x11_util.cc(1522)] X error received: serial 824244, error_code 170 (GLXBadContext), request_code 154, minor_code 4 (Unknown) [3245733:3245733:0604/122913.676936:WARNING:x11_util.cc(1522)] X error received: serial 824305, error_code 170 (GLXBadContext), request_code 154, minor_code 26 (Unknown) [3245733:3245733:0604/122913.677780:WARNING:x11_util.cc(1522)] X error received: serial 824306, error_code 170 (GLXBadContext), request_code 154, minor_code 4 (Unknown) [3245733:3245733:0604/122913.681235:ERROR:gl_context_glx.cc(227)] Couldn't make context current with X drawable. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1880710 Title: [snap] Tab goes blank even after reloads (and no refresh is happening) Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Using chromium from stable: installed: 83.0.4103.61 (1165) 163MB after a few hours of having it opened, some tabs started showing a blank page (google spreadsheets, google calendar). Even after hitting F5 or hard reloads, the browser will show the content is being re- fetched, but nothing is rendered. This is happening while chromium is NOT being refreshed: nessita@dali:~$ snap changes ID Status Spawn Ready Summary 125 Done yesterday at 12:09 -03 yesterday at 12:09 -03 Auto-refresh snap "lxd" nessita@dali:~$ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1880710/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp