~187MB memory leakage per hour over the course of two days
GIMP version: GIMP 2.10.18
Operating System: Manjaro Linux
Package: Installed via the pacman
package manager.
Description of the bug
Over the course of two days, Gimp reached 9GB of memory, which when calculated out, is about 187mb of memory leakage per hour.
Reproduction
Is the bug reproducible? I only got this to happen once, but only because it takes two days to reproduce.
Reproduction steps:
In theory, the bug should occur from the following:
- Open an image
- Wait 2 or more days without touching Gimp. Gimp should slowly begin using more and more memory.
This is exactly what I did before the bug occurred:
- Open Gimp.
- Paste an image from the clipboard.
- Paste another image as a new layer.
- Manipulate the new layer by rotating it in various ways, only to revert it to how it was before being rotated.
- Manipulate the new layer by scaling it in various ways, again, only to revert it to how it was before being scaled.
- Merge the layers, and use
CTRL+A
followed byCTRL+C
to copy the image to the clipboard. - Minimize gimp, and leave it untouched for two days.
Expected result: ... Not using 9GB of memory
Actual result: Uses 9GB of memory after being left untouched for two days.
Additional information
I kind of feel bad reporting a bug with no idea of what the issue might be, and I would assume Gimp has a rather large codebase, so tracking down the cause of a bug like this is probably really hard. Best of luck