Some owners of 14-inch and 16-inch 2021 MacBook Pro are experiencing restart issues on their laptops after watching HDR videos on YouTube. Users highlighted the kernel crash issues on the MacRumors forum.
14-inch and 16-inch 2021 MacBook Pro models experience kernel crash issue
Users @Cababah first reported the issue on MacRumors Forum and also explained how to replicate it. To replicate the error, watch a HDR YouTube video in Safari browser > scroll through the comments. The results in a kernel error on macOS Monterey 12.0.1. It was also found that watching HDR YouTube videos in full screen and then exiting full-screen mode, also causes the error.
From @cababah:
I keep getting a kernel crash when watching HDR videos in Youtube and scrolling through the comments.
Is anyone else having this problem? I wonder if it is hardware related in which case I may need to return it but I have been able to reproduce it a few times in a row and the entire machine will reboot each time. No bueno…
From @spiritedaway:
Been happening to me as well, YouTube 4K HDR video on Safari. After closing full screen playback the Mac completely shuts down and reboots. M1 Pro 16″. I can pretty much get it to do it every single time
From @Sam.b1:
I’m getting the same error under the same conditions, 4k HDR YouTube playback on Safari/Chrome. At first I thought it could have been some Chrome bug but then it crashed in Safari too. I’m running Monterey 12.0.1, 16 inch M1 Max with 32GB RAM. I haven’t tried the workarounds yet. I’m thinking I should just exchange it, not sure.
From @EnderTW:
Just to add – this happens when scrolling up and down rapidly through the comments but only seems to happen on HDR videos.
My 16 inch MBA Max 64gb crashed.
I think it’s due to the AV1 codec, wish apple would just get on board and include the decoding instructions.
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