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Bug 749327 - Memory Leak Upon Deletion of Active Folder
Memory Leak Upon Deletion of Active Folder
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: GIMP
Classification: Other
Component: General
2.8.8
Other Windows
: Normal major
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Assigned To: GIMP Bugs
GIMP Bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2015-05-13 17:05 UTC by CircleTheSkies
Modified: 2018-05-24 15:14 UTC
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Description CircleTheSkies 2015-05-13 17:05:56 UTC 
When the folder of the last edited image is deleted (while GIMP is still opened), GIMP memory allocation continues to climb until available memory is consumed; I've seen it hit several gigabytes.

Windows 7 system, AMD processor, AMD Radeon graphics card.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Take a folder of images and open one with GIMP (GIMP can be already running or not; it makes no difference).

2. Edit the image, save or export and close the image (GIMP is still running).

3. Delete the folder of images.
Comment 1 Jehan 2016-12-14 15:57:49 UTC 
Thanks for reporting.
I can't reproduce with master on Linux. This may be a bug on 2.8 and/or Windows only. Does it still happen with 2.8.18?
Also have you tried the development version by any chance (GIMP 2.9)?
Comment 2 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-24 15:14:34 UTC 
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