ChatGPT desktop 26.810.41047 repeatedly spawns Computer Use workers and crashes with V8 OOM on macOS
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Description
- macOS 15.7.7, Apple Silicon, 32 GB RAM
- App version 26.810.41047, build 6570
- Previous version 26.730.61639 worked
- Reproduces while idle, 98 seconds after launch
- SIGABRT through node::OOMErrorHandler
- 316 threads at crash; 187 named computer-use
- Telemetry showed 78 unexplained child processes consuming about 4.96 GB after 29 seconds
- Browser and Computer Use flags were explicitly disabled
- App restored the SkyComputerUseClient notifier at startup
- Crash incident ID: 096C41F9-EE0C-4136-BEDF-9035077248B7
- CLI remains healthy; all databases pass integrity/parity checks
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the attached crash archive and compare app versions 26.810.41047 and 26.730.61639, focusing on the startup restoration of SkyComputerUseClient. Reproduce the idle launch with Browser and Computer Use disabled, then verify that unexplained child processes and computer-use workers no longer accumulate or trigger a V8 OOM crash.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, node.js
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100