Web pages in Epiphany freeze after update to webkitgtk 2.44.3

Description:

Updated webkitgtk to 2.44.3 and now web pages in Epiphany freeze after sometime. And shows 'Something went wrong while displaying this page. Please reload or visit a different page to continue.' Reverting to previous webkit version solves the issue. The

Additional info:

  • package version(s): webkitgtk-6.0 2.44.3-1, epiphany 46.3-1

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open Epiphany with a page busy with links
  2. Hover over links
  3. Eventually the page will freeze, but the Epiphany interface is still responsive.