Random kernel panics in macOS Monterey

[lysingur]

Has anybody experienced random kernel panics in macOS Monterey, especially under heavy memory load?

I have 500+ tabs in Chrome and use Parallels Desktop for work. The machine is a 2020 iMac with 64 GB of RAM. Whenever available memory drops below 8 GB, I started seeing tabs with YouTube pages unable to reload on their own, and if I start watching any video, e.g. Amazon Prime or Netflix, I will get a kernel panic sometime after.

I have a dual-monitor setup and powers the external monitor through an eGPU. I have read that some people are experiencing similar kernel panics as well as strange visual artifacts with a dual-monitor setup. Could it be due to changes Apple made to video drivers for the AirPlay to Mac feature?

 

[bsamcash]

I have 500+ tabs in Chrome

You joking?

 

[lysingur]

You joking?

No.
I only have about 40 active tabs though.
And I had more tabs when my system was Big Sur. No crash or kernel panic.

 

[lysingur]

As soon as I went down to around 100 tabs, the kernel panic stopped. It's probably due to underlying changes to eGPU drivers in macOS Monterey (for AirPlay to Mac) because I don't see in Chrome's changelog that they've made significant changes to hardware acceleration in the new versions.