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assets gets duplicated on the duplicating the sketch, exceeding memory size of 250mb
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Description
Details about the bug:
after I created a sketch and uploded around 149mb of assets and then I duplicated the sketch in the user/sketches and I found out that it also duplicates the assets and exceeds the size of 250mb.

- p5.js version: v1.5.0
- Web browser and version: MS Edge 110.0.1587.46 (Official build) (64-bit)
- Operating System: Windows 11
- Steps to reproduce this: already mentioned above
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue from the user/sketches flow by creating a sketch with about 149 MB of assets and duplicating it. Inspect how duplication handles the sketch's assets; done means duplicating the sketch does not unnecessarily duplicate assets or exceed the 250 MB limit.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100