same thing here: Opera crashes and restarts when I click the mic button on WhatsApp or Telegram on the side panel.

Using the latest Opera (98.0.4759.15) on macOS 10.15.7.

Pls fix!

This suddenly started earlier this morning. It recognizes the mic, records de audio, but doesn't send, giving me a red exclamation mark on it. I tried internal and USB mics, same results.

This is happening both on the sidebar and browser tab, only on Opera — it's working fine on the WA app and web version on other browsers. Send audio on other Opera sidebar apps like Telegram and Instagram is working too.

I tried to restart the computer, reset WhatsApp web permissions, toggle mic permissions on and off, searced for answers on Google, and not a single word about it...

I'm on macOS 11.7.9 and just updated to Opera 105.0.4970.34 (but the problem persists).

Can anyone help me?
Thanks in advance!

@leocg sorry, it's CPU. I got confused because the page shows "Out of memory" after it's stopped.

I just tested again and discovered that the same happens if I open as a regular tab (+500%CPU usage).

I opened the web version on Safari and the usage is regular/very low (screenshot), so it looks like it's an Opera-related question.

I've been using Opera for Mac for many years, primarily because of the sidebar feature — it's really convenient to have WhatsApp, Instagram, and ChatGPT always accessible without needing separate apps or additional tabs.

However, recently my MacBook started running its fans so intensely that I thought it might take off! I used Activity Monitor to investigate what was causing this and discovered one Opera process consuming over 500% CPU (screenshot attached). After closing it, I found that WhatsApp in the Opera sidebar was the culprit.

This has never happened before, and it doesn't occur when I use WhatsApp Web in a regular browser tab or through the standalone app. I'm running macOS Sequoia 15.6.1 on a MacBook Pro M1 Pro 16Gb RAM and have updated to the latest Opera version (122.0.5643.92), but the issue persists.

Is anyone else experiencing this? Is this a known bug?

If this can't be fixed, I won't have any reason to continue using Opera... so I really hope it's just a temporary issue.

This suddenly started earlier this morning. It recognizes the mic, records de audio, but doesn't send, giving me a red exclamation mark on it. I tried internal and USB mics, same results.

This is happening both on the sidebar and browser tab, only on Opera — it's working fine on the WA app and web version on other browsers. Send audio on other Opera sidebar apps like Telegram and Instagram is working too.

I tried to restart the computer, reset WhatsApp web permissions, toggle mic permissions on and off, searced for answers on Google, and not a single word about it...

I'm on macOS 11.7.9 and just updated to Opera 105.0.4970.34 (but the problem persists).

Can anyone help me?
Thanks in advance!

More than 6 months later, no reply.... they really don't give a f*ck for what user needs.
Why remove a useful thing? After many years, I'm almost fully moving from Opera to Brave.

same thing here: Opera crashes and restarts when I click the mic button on WhatsApp or Telegram on the side panel.

Using the latest Opera (98.0.4759.15) on macOS 10.15.7.

Pls fix!