gnome-software consumes 600 MB of memory after 6 days uptime

Bug #1883965 reported by Amr Ibrahim
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Bug Description

The gnome-software background process consumes 600 MB of memory after 6 days uptime. I think this is a memory leak.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: gnome-software 3.36.0-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-37.41-generic 5.4.41
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-37-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Jun 17 21:41:49 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-26 (52 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
InstalledPlugins:
 gnome-software-plugin-flatpak N/A
 gnome-software-plugin-snap N/A
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-software
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987) wrote :
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1616332, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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