BUG: GPU process crash when running an ai agent
Author: YoshiofthewireCreated Aug 11, 2026Updated Sep 14, 2026
LabelsT: Bug
Describe the problem: Tabby crashes while an agent is running in a terminal. The crash appears to involve Electron’s GPU process and AMDGPU rendering. This has been reproduced with Claude Code, Codex, and Muse
Environment
- Tabby: 1.0.233-1
- Electron: 38
- OS: CachyOS Linux
- Kernel: 7.1.8-1-cachyos
- GPU: AMD Radeon 880M/890M
- Driver: amdgpu
Steps to reproduce
- Open Tabby.
- Start an agent in a terminal session.
- Leave the agent running and provide it tasks.
- The Agent tab crashes.
Expected behavior
Tabby remains open while the agent is running.
Relevant log output
On 2026-08-11:
10:49:46 amdgpu: Process electron pid 69358 thread electron:cs0 pid 69368
10:49:49 Tabby: SharedContextState context lost via EXT_robustness.
Reset status = GL_GUILTY_CONTEXT_RESET_KHR
10:49:49 Tabby: Restarting GPU process due to unrecoverable error.
Context was lost.
10:49:49 Tabby: GPU process exited unexpectedly: exit_code=8704
10:51:19 Tabby service exited.
Tabby also reports:
GLib-GObject: instance ... has no handler with id ...
Tabby generated three Crashpad minidumps on 2026-08-07. These can be provided if needed.
Source: Eugeny/tabby