What is the DOM Node Count in google chrome's developer tools timeline memory view?

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I\'m getting an \"Aw, snap!\" chrome crash when a certain webpage is being loaded. I\'m trying my best to figure out what\'s causing it and having a really hard time.

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Answer 1

DOM nodes that are still held in memory are so called detached nodes. This means they are not shown in the DOM tree of your page, but some JavaScript code still references them somewhere. Read through this google dev tools post that explains what Detached DOM nodes are with simple code and how to detect it using Chrome DevTools: https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/memory-problems/