Public bug reported: I noticed my RAM usage was high. pipewire-pulse is the highest user of RAM on my system. The system has been up for four days. I have used all manner of audio applications in that time, including Slack huddle, Zoom, mpv, VLC and Microsoft Edge (YouTube, Netflix) and Kdenlive.
alan@ziggy:~$ pactl stat Currently in use: 7865827 blocks containing 2.1 GiB bytes total. Allocated during whole lifetime: 42983702 blocks containing 3.6 GiB bytes total. Sample cache size: 275.2 KiB alan@ziggy:~$ sudo python3 bin/ps_mem.py | tail 207.7 MiB + 419.6 MiB = 627.2 MiB gnome-shell 227.3 MiB + 455.3 MiB = 682.7 MiB syncthing (2) 385.4 MiB + 855.8 MiB = 1.2 GiB slack (8) 409.5 MiB + 928.5 MiB = 1.3 GiB Discord (8) 4.2 GiB + 8.9 GiB = 13.1 GiB msedge [updated] (45) 14.1 GiB + 28.2 GiB = 42.3 GiB pipewire-pulse --------------------------------- 62.7 GiB ================================= ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.04 Package: pipewire-pulse 0.3.65-3 Uname: Linux 6.2.2-060202-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.26.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Apr 26 10:24:47 2023 DistributionChannelDescriptor: # This is the distribution channel descriptor for the OEM CDs # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor canonical-oem-sutton-focal-amd64-20220803-89+sutton-focal-amd64+X02 InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-08-05 (263 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 "Focal" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20220803-13:42 SourcePackage: pipewire UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to lunar on 2023-01-02 (113 days ago) ** Affects: pipewire Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Affects: pipewire (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lunar ** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2023-04-26 10-32-36.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2017756/+attachment/5668843/+files/Screenshot%20from%202023-04-26%2010-32-36.png ** Bug watch added: gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/issues #1840 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/issues/1840 ** Also affects: pipewire via https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/issues/1840 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pipewire in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2017756 Title: Pipewire-pulse consuming huge amounts of memory Status in PipeWire: Unknown Status in pipewire package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I noticed my RAM usage was high. pipewire-pulse is the highest user of RAM on my system. The system has been up for four days. I have used all manner of audio applications in that time, including Slack huddle, Zoom, mpv, VLC and Microsoft Edge (YouTube, Netflix) and Kdenlive. alan@ziggy:~$ pactl stat Currently in use: 7865827 blocks containing 2.1 GiB bytes total. Allocated during whole lifetime: 42983702 blocks containing 3.6 GiB bytes total. Sample cache size: 275.2 KiB alan@ziggy:~$ sudo python3 bin/ps_mem.py | tail 207.7 MiB + 419.6 MiB = 627.2 MiB gnome-shell 227.3 MiB + 455.3 MiB = 682.7 MiB syncthing (2) 385.4 MiB + 855.8 MiB = 1.2 GiB slack (8) 409.5 MiB + 928.5 MiB = 1.3 GiB Discord (8) 4.2 GiB + 8.9 GiB = 13.1 GiB msedge [updated] (45) 14.1 GiB + 28.2 GiB = 42.3 GiB pipewire-pulse --------------------------------- 62.7 GiB ================================= ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.04 Package: pipewire-pulse 0.3.65-3 Uname: Linux 6.2.2-060202-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.26.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Apr 26 10:24:47 2023 DistributionChannelDescriptor: # This is the distribution channel descriptor for the OEM CDs # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor canonical-oem-sutton-focal-amd64-20220803-89+sutton-focal-amd64+X02 InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-08-05 (263 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 "Focal" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20220803-13:42 SourcePackage: pipewire UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to lunar on 2023-01-02 (113 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pipewire/+bug/2017756/+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