clockworklabs / clockworklabs/SpacetimeDB

C# Client SDK memory/GC spikes of 64KB/250KB several times a second

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Description

We have received a bug report had the text:

"Looks like C# client SDK is frequently allocating a substantial amount of memory (250 kb up to several times a second, see red spikes in screenshot). Some of those allocations are pretty beefy (64kb)."

They are currently using SpacetimeDB 1.7.0, but I don't believe that is a factor. They also included a screenshot from Unity's Profiler, showing the SpacetimeDB Network Thread creating these spikes on the Memory section, under the GC Allocated in Frame category.

These spikes are consistent with per-message allocations in the client’s websocket receive pipeline, plus decompression buffering.

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