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ChatGPT macOS App Causes Major Memory Leaks

Users on Reddit are reporting a significant memory consumption issue with the ChatGPT application on macOS. The application's memory usage has been observed to randomly increase to approximately 10-13 GB, causing performance problems and effectively rendering older Macs unusable. This behavior is suspected to be a memory leak, and users are seeking solutions or reporting the issue on GitHub. AI

IMPACT Potential performance issues for users of the ChatGPT macOS application, impacting usability on older hardware.

RANK_REASON User-reported bug in a software product.

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ChatGPT macOS App Causes Major Memory Leaks

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  1. r/OpenAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Ecstatic_Mammoth_421 ·

    ChatGPT (Codex) MacOS Memory Issue

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Anyone else’s ChatGPT memory consumption randomly balloon to ~10 - 13gb? </p> <p>I’d been loving the app but a few days ago this started happening and it basically bricks my old M1 whenever it happens.</p> <p>Seems like a memory leak so I will ch…