vpnkit.exe eating my RAM
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Description
This happened after updating to 18.* branch. At this moment I have 18.03.0-ce-rc4-win57 (16511) build and my vpnkit.exe steals gigabytes of RAM in 2-3 hours with 2 containers running.
Like this:
Or even like this:
I think it should never consume about 8 GBs of my RAM.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the vpnkit.exe memory-growth report for build 18.03.0-ce-rc4-win57, reproducing it with two containers over 2–3 hours. Trace the component responsible for the increasing memory use and verify that the process no longer grows to gigabytes under the reported workload.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ocaml
- Domain
- networking, performance
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100