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Memory Leak in Linux

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
java, spring-boot, vscode

Research direction

Start by reproducing the report with VS Code 1.105.1, extension version 0.30.5, OpenJDK 17, Linux, and a larger Spring Boot project while monitoring memory during edits. No source file or test is named; done means identifying the responsible extension or process and confirming that repeated file changes no longer cause unbounded memory growth.

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Description

ai-triaged bug

After launching the IDE everything fine but as I do changes in my codebase memory consumption keep increasing.
I have installed Java extension package and Spring boot extension pack. Actually I don't know which one is responsible.

Environment:

  • VS Code Version: 1.105.1
  • Extension Version: 0.30.5
  • JDK Type & Version: OpenJDK 17
  • OS Type & Version: Linux

Step to Reproduce:

  1. Open a spring boot project (Larger the code base sooner you will notice)
  2. Start changing in different files
  3. It may take a couple of minute
  4. Monitor the resources

Expected Behavior:
On changing the file overall memory uses should be stable

Actual Behavior:
On each change IDE start checking errors, making auto build and other stuffs. After some times, Java memory reaches to 8GB and keep increasing and system crash or I have to restart vs code to release the memory.

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Related Issues:
If you have a large java file like having more than 7K+ lines of code the IDE suggestion are slow, and if you keep working on that file the suggestion will almost stop.

One more Issue I have faced that, on starting the VS code at first the java extension start up but sometimes it sometime (rare) it stuck at java publish diagnosis step. After restart it work

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TypeScript
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