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Question about OOM in GrammarMutator

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Description

Hello! Would you like to ask whether OOM is considered in GrammarMutator?
There seems to be no limit to the size of interesting_trees and various *_ candidates in GrammarMutator.
This can lead to OOM during long fuzzing.

If it is a bug, can you please fix it? Or I just miss something?

Thanks.

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Research direction

Start by reading GrammarMutator and tracing how interesting_trees and the various *_candidates collections grow during a long fuzzing run. Confirm whether their growth is bounded and whether the reported OOM can be reproduced; done means the risk is clearly confirmed or ruled out with supporting regression coverage.

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Tech stack
cpp
Domain
performance, testing-qa
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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