Consensys says it’s aware of a small number of MetaMask users reporting “unusually high disk activity” and will be issuing a fix very soon.

Consensys, the blockchain firm behind MetaMask, has confirmed it will be “imminently” releasing a fix for its MetaMask browser extension after users reported it has been writing hundreds of gigabytes of data per day into their solid-state drives, potentially shortening their lifespan. 

Speaking to Cointelegraph, a Consensys spokesperson confirmed there has been “usually high disk activity” affecting certain MetaMask users.

One of the more recent reports came from a user under the handle ripper31337, who said in a GitHub bug report on June 24 that after a fresh install of the MetaMask extension on Chromium-based browsers, such as Chrome, Edge and Opera, they discovered it was continuously writing data to the solid state drives (SSDs) in the background without user interaction.

The “abnormal disk writing” occurred at a rate of five megabytes per second, totaling 500 gigabytes daily and 25 terabytes in three months, according to ripper31337.