luakit / luakit/luakit

Luakit crashes 'Memory Pressure Relief' - Memory leak?

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Description

Running luakit as a kiosk browser in weston. It launches and runs and displays my localhost php pages. I let it run for a few days then it quits and I get this in the log. If I restart it, it runs for a few days than does the same thing. I do not have a swap file (RPi 3B+) and when luakit is running, I do not seem to have a problem with memory.
```
# free -m
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 729 242 186 16 301 456
Swap: 0 0 0
```

Crash log:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KEXG8TtUn3m-C89-CxUcca0dFEMp3g-L/view?usp=sharing

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Research direction

Start with the linked crash log and reproduce the long-running kiosk setup on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ running Weston, without swap, while displaying localhost PHP pages. Done means determining whether the memory-pressure crash is caused by luakit and documenting an actionable cause or reproduction details.

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Assessment

Tech stack
lua
Domain
desktop
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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