dgraph zero follower memory usage continuously increases when running on k8s
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Description
Describe the bug
We've observed that the memory usage of the zero follower pods continuously increased over time.
Eventually the pods got OOMKilled by k8s.
Expected behavior
memory usage should remain stable over time.
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Environment
- Version : v25.3.4
- k8s
- cpu request/limit: 2/6
- memory request/limit: 4Gi/4Gi
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