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Ram Usage of karabiner_observer and karabiner_grabber ramping over time

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#3,340 opened on Dec 21, 2022

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Description

I have the issue that my karabiner_observer and karabiner_grabber are increasing in ram usage over time. It doesn't seem to flushed unless I restart the app. I use karabiner 14.10.0 and macos 13.1 on a Macbook Air M1

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Research direction
Investigate memory allocation patterns in karabiner observer and karabiner grabber processes using Instruments or heap profiling to identify the leaking allocations.
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cpp
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desktopperformance
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C++memory profiling tools
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