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Bug 734509 - Memory leak - gnucash.exe consumes ram and eventually crashes
Memory leak - gnucash.exe consumes ram and eventually crashes
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 703427
Product: GnuCash
Classification: Other
Component: User Interface General
2.6.3
Other Windows
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnucash-ui-maint
gnucash-ui-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-08-08 23:41 UTC by tiker
Modified: 2018-06-29 23:32 UTC
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Description tiker 2014-08-08 23:41:41 UTC 
I noticed that GnuCash would crash every so often after trying it out.  The errors were different but I think I have found the cause for one of them.

System:  Windows 7 (64-bit), 12gigs ram

Steps to reproduce:
- Start GnuCash 2.6.3
- Create a new database (both XML and MySQL storages work)
- I selected "Common Accounts" as the template
- Use the rest of the defaults and save the file
- Open task manager and observe the ram used by gnucash.exe
- Expand and collapse the account categories repeatedly
- You should see the ram used by gnucash.exe increasing each time a category expands or collapses
- Eventually, Windows will report gnucash.exe as stopped responding (ram usage was around 1.35g the last time I tested).
Comment 1 tiker 2014-08-09 01:13:24 UTC 
Another thing I've just noticed, moving the mouse in a circle over the GnuCash window without clicking anything also increases the memory consumption but at a slower rate.
Comment 2 Geert Janssens 2014-08-09 08:40:50 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 703427 ***
Comment 3 John Ralls 2018-06-29 23:32:50 UTC 
GnuCash bug tracking has moved to a new Bugzilla host. This bug has been copied to https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=734509. Please update any external references or bookmarks.