lbryio / lbryio/hub

herald memory leak / oom

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Dominant language
Python
Stars
15
Forks
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Description

Herald process grows to use up all memory, then ooms, and sometimes the other containers won't come back up, requiring manual intervention.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the Herald process growth described in the issue and monitor its memory use until the out-of-memory condition occurs. Trace the process behavior and container recovery path; done means identifying the leak and confirming that Herald no longer exhausts memory or prevents the other containers from returning.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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