# GenieACS server 1.2.8 memory leak **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [February 9, 2023, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.genieacs.com/t/genieacs-server-1-2-8-memory-leak/3514 "2023-02-09T07:51:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GavinLook](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.genieacs.com/gavinlook/32/1083_2.png) [@GavinLook](https://forum.genieacs.com/u/GavinLook)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.genieacs.com/t/genieacs-server-1-2-8-memory-leak/3514/1 "2023-02-09T07:51:37Z")
Is there a memory leak problem in 1.2.8, several terminals are registered on it, and the server memory increases by three or four GB in a day or two. ---
**Author:** ![rudymartin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@rudymartin](https://forum.genieacs.com/u/rudymartin)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.genieacs.com/t/genieacs-server-1-2-8-memory-leak/3514/2 "2023-02-09T13:12:32Z")
our server is running 1.2.8 and still uses about 3Gb of ram since over a year when I first noticed the memory usage. The virtual machine has 8Gb RAM just to avoid using swap as much as possible – which is set to 1Gb but not really used. ---
**Author:** ![akcoder](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.genieacs.com/akcoder/32/11_2.png) [@akcoder](https://forum.genieacs.com/u/akcoder)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.genieacs.com/t/genieacs-server-1-2-8-memory-leak/3514/3 "2023-02-09T16:50:47Z")
> [@GavinLook](#): > > the server memory increases by three or four GB in a day or two Does it stop increasing at this point? Or does it keep consuming 3-4 gb every day or so? If it stops consuming, then its probably not a memory leak. ---
**Author:** ![GavinLook](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.genieacs.com/gavinlook/32/1083_2.png) [@GavinLook](https://forum.genieacs.com/u/GavinLook)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.genieacs.com/t/genieacs-server-1-2-8-memory-leak/3514/4 "2023-02-10T02:28:00Z")
![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/genieacs/original/2X/f/faf351d1694229299cadcc28695434805d665a30.png) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/genieacs/original/2X/4/45e8f901e777b4d53122f422a32cd2f5655dcb59.png) These were some details after 24 hours, and this machine has 8GB RAM. ---
**Author:** ![rudymartin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@rudymartin](https://forum.genieacs.com/u/rudymartin)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.genieacs.com/t/genieacs-server-1-2-8-memory-leak/3514/5 "2023-02-10T12:43:35Z")
yeah but that does not prove GenieACS is behind it. ```auto root@acs3:~# free -h total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 7.8Gi 3.2Gi 3.5Gi 3.0Mi 1.1Gi 5.1Gi Swap: 974Mi 0B 974Mi root@acs3:~# uptime 09:26:02 up 97 days, 16:27, 1 user, load average: 0.04, 0.01, 0.00 ``` ---
**Author:** ![rudymartin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@rudymartin](https://forum.genieacs.com/u/rudymartin)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.genieacs.com/t/genieacs-server-1-2-8-memory-leak/3514/6 "2023-02-10T12:45:25Z")
found a python script to get memory usage ```auto root@acs3:~/install/util# curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pixelb/ps_mem/master/ps_mem.py -o /usr/local/bin/ps_mem.py root@acs3:~/install/util# chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/ps_mem.py root@acs3:~/install/util# python Python 2.7.18 (default, Jul 14 2021, 08:11:37) [GCC 10.2.1 20210110] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> exit Use exit() or Ctrl-D (i.e. EOF) to exit >>> root@acs3:~/install/util# ps_mem.py -S Private + Shared = RAM used Swap used Program 116.0 KiB + 93.5 KiB = 209.5 KiB 0.0 KiB sleep 316.0 KiB + 40.5 KiB = 356.5 KiB 0.0 KiB agetty 304.0 KiB + 132.5 KiB = 436.5 KiB 0.0 KiB cron 300.0 KiB + 449.5 KiB = 749.5 KiB 0.0 KiB daemon_tr069.sh 856.0 KiB + 605.5 KiB = 1.4 MiB 0.0 KiB systemd-timesyncd 1.3 MiB + 298.5 KiB = 1.6 MiB 0.0 KiB dbus-daemon 1.1 MiB + 634.5 KiB = 1.7 MiB 0.0 KiB systemd-logind 2.5 MiB + 193.5 KiB = 2.7 MiB 0.0 KiB rsyslogd 3.1 MiB + 115.5 KiB = 3.2 MiB 0.0 KiB systemd-udevd 2.8 MiB + 589.5 KiB = 3.4 MiB 0.0 KiB vmtoolsd 2.9 MiB + 920.5 KiB = 3.8 MiB 0.0 KiB VGAuthService 3.2 MiB + 1.1 MiB = 4.2 MiB 0.0 KiB bash (2) 3.5 MiB + 2.8 MiB = 6.3 MiB 0.0 KiB sshd (3) 3.7 MiB + 5.9 MiB = 9.6 MiB 0.0 KiB systemd (3) 4.7 MiB + 15.9 MiB = 20.5 MiB 0.0 KiB apache2 (6) 7.8 MiB + 14.1 MiB = 21.8 MiB 0.0 KiB systemd-journald 528.7 MiB + 279.5 KiB = 529.0 MiB 0.0 KiB mongod 2.4 GiB + 33.5 MiB = 2.4 GiB 0.0 KiB node (44) --------------------------------------------- 3.0 GiB 0.0 KiB ============================================= root@acs3:~/install/util# ``` Number does make sense to me. And ofc python has to be installed for it to work. ---
**Author:** ![GavinLook](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.genieacs.com/gavinlook/32/1083_2.png) [@GavinLook](https://forum.genieacs.com/u/GavinLook)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.genieacs.com/t/genieacs-server-1-2-8-memory-leak/3514/7 "2023-02-11T03:27:07Z")
![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/genieacs/original/2X/f/f59830844e14b472babef38c7e52374b7acab0ff.png) ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/genieacs/original/2X/5/522c3477bf028f0b57fedb518b47c09241e29b6a.png) ---
**Author:** ![GavinLook](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.genieacs.com/gavinlook/32/1083_2.png) [@GavinLook](https://forum.genieacs.com/u/GavinLook)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.genieacs.com/t/genieacs-server-1-2-8-memory-leak/3514/8 "2023-02-11T03:27:59Z")
I suspect that it is a memory leak caused by the session not ending normally ---
**Author:** ![rudymartin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@rudymartin](https://forum.genieacs.com/u/rudymartin)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.genieacs.com/t/genieacs-server-1-2-8-memory-leak/3514/9 "2023-02-11T15:53:37Z")
I also have CPE’ s not ending sessions, and I think it’s because of physical problems. But memory usage remains the same. GenieACS version is “as is” – code unmodified, installed via npm as the docs suggests and running on a dedicated virtual machine. Over 4k of CPE registered. I see you have 75 node processes while I run 45. I suspect you must have 16 cores which could explain your 4.7Gb or RAM used. Is that a physical machine ? Worst case scenario I would try to isolate GenieACS on a virtual machine with no other service running. ```auto root@acs3:~# lscpu | grep -E '^Thread|^Core|^Socket|^CPU\(' CPU(s): 8 Thread(s) per core: 1 Core(s) per socket: 1 Socket(s): 8 ``` I never tried it but you could use the `*_WORKER_PROCESSES` variables to limit the number of threads per service. [Environment Variables — GenieACS Documentation 1.2.9 documentation](https://docs.genieacs.com/en/latest/environment-variables.html) That or increase total RAM. Also: > Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence; when you make a claim like this one, you must back it up with clear and exhaustive documentation of the failure case. [http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#idm592](http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#idm592) ---
**Author:** ![GavinLook](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.genieacs.com/gavinlook/32/1083_2.png) [@GavinLook](https://forum.genieacs.com/u/GavinLook)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.genieacs.com/t/genieacs-server-1-2-8-memory-leak/3514/12 "2023-02-13T06:40:53Z")
By docker install, and docker-compose is used. lscpu | grep -E ‘^Thread|^Core|^Socket|^CPU(’ CPU(s): 16 Thread(s) per core: 1 Core(s) per socket: 1 Socket(s): 16