Jami leaks memory

Hello,

When I run Jami in the GNU system installed with Guix, I see that its process called ".gnome-ring-rea" starts using around 36 MiB, but then increases over time at slow pace. After some hours, I notice it reaches 1 GiB of memory usage. I have to finalize the process to release memory.

This happens even when you are not doing anything in the application.

## Steps to reproduce (using GNOME)

1. $ guix install jami-client-gnome

2. Press Alt+F2 and run "ring.cx"

[2.1 Create a Jami account]

3. Press Alt+F2 and run "gnome-system-monitor"

4. Click on "Processes"

5. Locate the ".gnome-ring-rea" process

6. Observe the "Memory" usage for a few hours

I don't know if step 2.1 is necessary, but I already had an account created when I noticed the problem for the first time.

## System information

```

$ guix describe

Generation 2 May 20 2019 10:23:06 (current)

guix 0655c16

repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git

branch: master

commit: 0655c16e7561cffe2fe26bd9b24af1a0efc2c859

```

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Hi sirgazil,

sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> skribis:

Do you think it’s a Guix-specific issue?

I would expect it to not be Guix-specific. Could you report the issue

upstream?

Thanks,

Ludo’.

---- On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 07:15:36 -0500 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote ----

> Hi sirgazil,

>

> sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> skribis:

>

> > When I run Jami in the GNU system installed with Guix, I see that its process called ".gnome-ring-rea" starts using around 36 MiB, but then increases over time at slow pace. After some hours, I notice it reaches 1 GiB of memory usage. I have to finalize the process to release memory.

>

> Do you think it’s a Guix-specific issue?

>

> I would expect it to not be Guix-specific. Could you report the issue

> upstream?

Oh, I think one of my messages about this issue didn't arrived. The leak in the version available in Guix is known and fixed upstream.

I thought that maybe this bug report could be used as a reminder to update the package definition of Jami in Guix to a version that fixes the leak?

sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> skribis:

Nice. Should we apply their patch, or upgrade our package?

I think it’s better if the bug report is actionable.

Thanks,

Ludo’.

---- On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 15:41:42 -0500 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote ----

> sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> skribis:

>

> > ---- On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 07:15:36 -0500 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote ----

> >

> > > Hi sirgazil,

> > >

> > > sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> skribis:

> > >

> > > > When I run Jami in the GNU system installed with Guix, I see that its process called ".gnome-ring-rea" starts using around 36 MiB, but then increases over time at slow pace. After some hours, I notice it reaches 1 GiB of memory usage. I have to finalize the process to release memory.

> > >

> > > Do you think it’s a Guix-specific issue?

> > >

> > > I would expect it to not be Guix-specific. Could you report the issue

> > > upstream?

> >

> >

> > Oh, I think one of my messages about this issue didn't arrived. The leak in the version available in Guix is known and fixed upstream.

>

> Nice. Should we apply their patch, or upgrade our package?

Hmm, I'm really ignorant about what would be best. As a desktop user, I think anything that allows me to install and use Jami without leaks.

> > I thought that maybe this bug report could be used as a reminder to update the package definition of Jami in Guix to a version that fixes the leak?

>

> I think it’s better if the bug report is actionable.

Sorry, Ludo, I don't understand what actionable means in this context.

Hi sirgazil,

sirgazil <sirgazil@zoho.com> skribis:

What I mean is that the bug should highlight something we, Guix people,

can do about it. If it were reporting a purely upstream issue, there’s

little we can do on our side, apart from upgrading or applying fixes

available upstream.

I hope that makes sense!

Thanks,

Ludo’.

I'm closing this issue because the package the report was filed against was removed from Guix:

gnu: jami-client-gnome: Remove deprecated package.

commit 8551bc64e4322080ef07b5009f4d46229df8d6f3

Also, there is a new package for Jami that I tried out:

Guix System 97e98e2

Jami 20200710.1.6bd18d2

I followed the steps below to try reproduce the issue with this new version and I could not see any memory leak.

1. $ guix install jami

2. Press Alt+F2 and run "jami"

2.1. Create a Jami account

3. Press Alt+F2 and run "gnome-system-monitor"

4. Click on "Processes"

5. Locate the "jami" process

6. Observe the "Memory" use for a few hours

Problem solved.