This is not really surprising, as the chromium snap is currently built from the deb packages. This will soon change (the snap will be rebuilt entirely from source). If you're willing to test the version built from source, you can use:
sudo snap refresh chromium --channel=candidate/from-source -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1788441 Title: Chromium Freezes Upon Adding Folder to Bookmarks Bar Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: When I try to add a folder to the "Bookmarks bar" in Chromium, the application freezes and I have to close and re-open Chromium before I can begin using it again. Steps to Reproduce: 1) From Chromium's 3-vertical-dot menu, go to "Bookmarks" and select "Show bookmarks bar". 2) Right-click on an empty section of the "Bookmarks Bar" and click "Add Folder". Result: No dialog comes up, and Chromium freezes ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: chromium-browser 68.0.3440.106-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-32.35~16.04.1-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-32-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Wed Aug 22 11:36:10 2018 Desktop-Session: 'ubuntu' '/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/usr/share/upstart/xdg:/etc/xdg' '/usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/share/gnome:/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/var/lib/snapd/desktop' DetectedPlugins: Env: 'None' 'None' InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-07-19 (34 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20180228) Load-Avg-1min: 0.54 Load-Processes-Running-Percent: 0.3% MachineType: System76 Bonobo WS ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-32-generic root=UUID=b2cbbeb8-385f-4c1f-ba55-f3082e6ef109 ro acpi_backlight=vendor quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: chromium-browser UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 12/12/2017 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1.05.04RSA5 dmi.board.asset.tag: Tag 12345 dmi.board.name: Bonobo WS dmi.board.vendor: System76 dmi.board.version: bonw13 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: System76 dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1.05.04RSA5:bd12/12/2017:svnSystem76:pnBonoboWS:pvrbonw13:rvnSystem76:rnBonoboWS:rvrbonw13:cvnSystem76:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.family: Not Applicable dmi.product.name: Bonobo WS dmi.product.version: bonw13 dmi.sys.vendor: System76 modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium-browser: [deleted] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1788441/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp