I have similar problems with 4.6 still.
I let xfdesktop run over night in valgrind, and memory consumption grew from 7% to 20%.
There were several messages on the console:
DBG[desktop-menu.c:353] _generate_menu(): menu file name is /etc/xdg/menus/xfce-applications.menu
Possibly caused by application updates, which are automatically done at night.
Created attachment 2043
valgrind leak log
I have similar problems with 4.6 still.
I let xfdesktop run over night in valgrind, and memory consumption grew from 7% to 20%.
There were several messages on the console: menu.c: 353] _generate_menu(): menu file name is /etc/xdg/ menus/xfce- applications. menu
DBG[desktop-
Possibly caused by application updates, which are automatically done at night.