Memory leak

I see a memory usage increase each time I move camera between two different location. Reloading browser window releases all memory, however even destroying ReactMapboxGl (not rendering it on page) does not release memory.

Therefore I think there is a memory leak somewhere. Last time I checked when jumping between two locations it went up to 1GB or RAM usage. I don’t think that it’s GC that does not release memory, it looks to me that some resources are being accumulated each time I move the map.

Now it can be issue with mapbox-gl or react-mapbox-gl itself, I am not sure about that.

[pronebird]

@philpl I was able to reproduce memory increase by switching between “All shapes” and “GEOJSON” many times on @alex3165 website. I went as far as 2GB of RAM before I gave up. Not exactly sure what causes this. If it was simply cache issue, then I guess it would have released tiles over time because the map does not really move anywhere. Instead it keeps growing…

I test with Safari on latest macOS.

In my case I have electron app where I simply fly between two fixed locations and memory usage only keeps growing.

[alex3165]

Hey everyone, it is been a long time since this issue hasn’t been updated. Although with react-mapbox-gl v2 I potentially fix some memory leaks issues and mapbox-gl itself fixed some too so it is unlikely this issue is relevant anymore. If so feel free to open a new issue with some more explanations.