secondlife / secondlife/viewer

[ExtraFPS] Memory leak

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Description

Environment

ExtraFPS, Mac M1

Description

Roxie's SL was using 15GB memory on a 16GB Mac M1, causing a 'beach ball'.
Callum is also getting 'beach ball', but it isn't confirmed yet to be memory related.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reproducing the ExtraFPS scenario on a Mac M1 while monitoring memory usage, then investigate where the growth originates. The issue is complete when the memory leak is identified and fixed, with memory usage no longer escalating during the affected workflow.

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Assessment

Tech stack
macos
Domain
desktop, performance
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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