Public bug reported:
After I upgraded to Ubuntu 25.10, I noticed that I'm periodically running out
of memory couple of times per day. `watch free -h` indeed shows a huge shared
memory usage (3 GB and rising). The shared memory usage climbs up at a rate
about 3mb/s and there's apparently no ceiling - something just uses all of the
memory.
`htop` shows no app with a huge usage of the shared memory, but I do notice
gnome-shell using a lot of virtual memory (5G and climbing up).
When I log out and log back in, the shared memory usage is reset to
100mb and starts climbing up again. `df -h|grep tmpfs` shows a stable
usage of 2mb, so this can't be the culprit. This leads me to believe
that `gnome-shell` is the culprit here. I'll try to disable all addons
and I'll try again.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.10
Package: gnome-shell 49~rc-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.17.0-3.3-generic 6.17.0-rc3
Uname: Linux 6.17.0-3-generic aarch64
ApportVersion: 2.33.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: arm64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Sep 12 11:52:22 2025
DisplayManager: gdm3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-10-08 (339 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 24.04.1 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release arm64
(20240827)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/usr/bin/fish
TERM=xterm-256color
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 49~rc-0ubuntu2
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to questing on 2025-09-12 (0 days ago)
** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug arm64 questing third-party-packages wayland-session
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2122654
Title:
gnome-shell uses increasingly lots of memory
Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
After I upgraded to Ubuntu 25.10, I noticed that I'm periodically running out
of memory couple of times per day. `watch free -h` indeed shows a huge shared
memory usage (3 GB and rising). The shared memory usage climbs up at a rate
about 3mb/s and there's apparently no ceiling - something just uses all of the
memory.
`htop` shows no app with a huge usage of the shared memory, but I do notice
gnome-shell using a lot of virtual memory (5G and climbing up).
When I log out and log back in, the shared memory usage is reset to
100mb and starts climbing up again. `df -h|grep tmpfs` shows a stable
usage of 2mb, so this can't be the culprit. This leads me to believe
that `gnome-shell` is the culprit here. I'll try to disable all addons
and I'll try again.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.10
Package: gnome-shell 49~rc-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.17.0-3.3-generic 6.17.0-rc3
Uname: Linux 6.17.0-3-generic aarch64
ApportVersion: 2.33.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: arm64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Sep 12 11:52:22 2025
DisplayManager: gdm3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-10-08 (339 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 24.04.1 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release arm64
(20240827)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/usr/bin/fish
TERM=xterm-256color
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 49~rc-0ubuntu2
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to questing on 2025-09-12 (0 days ago)
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