Does Clicking on 'Dead' Comments Freeze your Browser Too?

Question

I've been experiencing an issue where clicking on 'dead' comments on HackerNews causes my browser to freeze for about 5-10 seconds, and my CPU fan turns noticeably louder during this time. This happens consistently and I've tested it across multiple browsers with the same result.For example (assuming it's not a problem peculiar to my machine) you should be able to see this behavior for yourself by going to this link:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40222213and trying to expand the comment by "Brian_K_White" by clicking the &rdquo;[17 more]&rdquo; link.Is anyone else experiencing this issue, or is it just on my end?

dang · Accepted Answer

I pushed a fix for a comment-collapsing bug earlier today, so I wonder if I broke something.
My fix happened to made some iterative code recursive. Recursive code plus CPU fan rather suggests a stack overflow, doesn't it... I'll look into it.
Edit: I've reverted the change so you can happily expand your [17 more]. Will see if I can fix better.
Edit 2: should be fixed better now.

carlosjobim · Answer

I have the same problem for expanding any comment.

UmYeahNo · Answer

It expanded immediately for me. Chrome, Mac.