[Bug 1946970] Re: Memory leak in gnome-shell after lock and unlock the screen

2021-12-13 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for gnome-shell (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1946970] Re: Memory leak in gnome-shell after lock and unlock the screen

2021-10-14 Thread Daniel van Vugt
Memory in gnome-shell does not get freed quickly because of JavaScript garbage collection. Memory usage will tend to grow slowly and plateau. Significant drops are rare, but I would not consider it a leak unless you see growth continuing above 500MB. Starting at 200MB is normal. If you are still

[Bug 1946970] Re: Memory leak in gnome-shell after lock and unlock the screen

2021-10-14 Thread Balazs Pere
I switch off all the extensions except for Ubuntu ones. Every lock/unlock action raises the memory usage by ~10MB until it reaches ~280MB. Super-A (app overview) raised further the usage. After a while something happend (Not lock/unlock or Super-A) and now the memory usage of gnome-shell is 302MB

[Bug 1946970] Re: Memory leak in gnome-shell after lock and unlock the screen

2021-10-13 Thread Daniel van Vugt
Thanks for the bug report. The cause of most gnome-shell memory leaks is extensions. So please go to the Extensions app and disable all the non-Ubuntu ones, then log in again and retest. ** Tags added: gnome-shell-leak ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete --