ProtonMail / ProtonMail/WebClients
Unusual memory usage spike (~ 500 MiB) during login?
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Description
Both:
https://account.proton.me/mail
https://account.proton.me/login
(the 2nd is mere login, not even loading Mail)
Extraordinary amount of memory seems requested:
And soon released. (only for few seconds)
(is it really used..?)
The behavior is unusual comparing to other crypto-mail, e.g. Tuta.
Where the login flow won't cause alike.
Probably relevant:
https://github.com/ProtonMail/WebClients/issues/38#issuecomment-303186785
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the memory spike on account.proton.me/mail and account.proton.me/login with browser memory tools. Read the linked WebClients issue comment for context; no source file or test is identified in this report. Done should include a confirmed cause and evidence that the login flow no longer produces the reported transient spike.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- react, typescript
- Domain
- frontend, performance, web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100