optimizely / optimizely/javascript-sdk

[BUG] Memory leak when migrating from v5 to v6

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Description

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SDK Version

6.3.1

Current Behavior

Memory increases over time and is not garbage collected

Expected Behavior

Memory is like it was before

Steps To Reproduce

We rewrote the optimizely instance creation from:

const DEFAULT_DATAFILE_OPTIONS = {
  autoUpdate: true,
  updateInterval: 5 * 60 * 1000 // 5 minutes
}

const DEFAULT_EVENTS_OPTIONS = {
  batchSize: 10,
  flushInterval: 1000
}

const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 500

const LOGGER_LEVEL = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ? ERROR : INFO

export default class OptimizelyAdapter {
  static createOptimizelyInstance({
    options: optionParameter,
    sdkKey,
    datafile,
    optimizely = optimizelySDK,
    eventDispatcher = optimizelySDK.eventDispatcher
  }) {
    const options = {...DEFAULT_DATAFILE_OPTIONS, ...optionParameter}
    optimizely.setLogLevel(LOGGER_LEVEL)
    optimizely.setLogger(optimizely.logging.createLogger())
    if (!datafile && typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.__INITIAL_CONTEXT_VALUE__?.pde) {
      datafile = window.__INITIAL_CONTEXT_VALUE__.pde
      sdkKey = undefined
    }

    const isServer = typeof window === 'undefined'
    const optimizelyInstance = optimizely.createInstance({
      sdkKey,
      datafileOptions: options,
      datafile,
      eventDispatcher,
      ...DEFAULT_EVENTS_OPTIONS,
      defaultDecideOptions: isServer ? [optimizely.OptimizelyDecideOption.DISABLE_DECISION_EVENT] : []
    })

    return optimizelyInstance
  }
}

To:

const DEFAULT_DATAFILE_OPTIONS = {
  autoUpdate: true,
  updateInterval: 5 * 60 * 1000 // 5 minutes
}

const DEFAULT_EVENTS_OPTIONS = {
  batchSize: 10,
  flushInterval: 1000
}

const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 500

const LOGGER_LEVEL = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ? ERROR : INFO

export default class OptimizelyAdapter {
  static createOptimizelyInstance({options: optionParameter, sdkKey, datafile}) {
    if (!datafile && typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.__INITIAL_CONTEXT_VALUE__?.pde) {
      datafile = window.__INITIAL_CONTEXT_VALUE__.pde
      sdkKey = undefined
    }

    const isServer = typeof window === 'undefined'

    const projectConfigManager = sdkKey
      ? createPollingProjectConfigManager({sdkKey, datafile, ...DEFAULT_DATAFILE_OPTIONS, ...optionParameter})
      : createStaticProjectConfigManager({datafile})

    const eventProcessor = createBatchEventProcessor({
      ...DEFAULT_EVENTS_OPTIONS,
      ...optionParameter
    })

    const odpManager = createOdpManager()

    const logger = createLogger({
      level: LOGGER_LEVEL
    })

    return createInstance({
      projectConfigManager,
      eventProcessor,
      odpManager,
      logger,
      defaultDecideOptions: isServer ? [OptimizelyDecideOption.DISABLE_DECISION_EVENT] : []
    })
  }
}

The instance is created in the server during bootstrap and we just create one. We would like to keep the current behaviour as it is (not using the disposable flag). I will try to do some memory snapshots but I was wondering is something is wrong since we only changed this part following your migration from v5 to v6 guide

SDK Type

Browser

Node Version

JS SDK

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Research direction

Start with the v5-to-v6 instance-creation change shown in the issue and reproduce the server-bootstrap case that creates one instance. Compare memory snapshots over time, focusing on the project config manager, event processor, ODP manager, logger, and createInstance path. Done means identifying the source of retained memory and confirming stable memory behavior without enabling the disposable flag.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
backend, performance
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
28/100

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