Memory leak in gnome-shell after lock and unlock the screen
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-shell (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
When the screen is locked and unlocked extra ~100MB memory remains in use and never freed up. After each lock/unlock action additional 10-20MB will be used, and the memory consumption of gnome-shell grows and grows.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
Package: gnome-shell 40.5-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-18-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu70
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckR
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Oct 13 14:06:17 2021
DisplayManager: gdm3
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-10-06 (7 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Release amd64 (20210420)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_
LANG=hu_HU.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageV
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Thanks for the bug report.
The cause of most gnome-shell memory leaks is extensions. So please go to the Extensions app and disable all the non-Ubuntu ones, then log in again and retest.