How do I spot and avoid memory leak?

[xxibadrxx]

I have problem in my game, the server memory slowly increase by the time and reach to a very insane amount of memory it can reach up to 6.2gb but I don’t know how to spot and stop memory leak

I have read this post

Garbage Collection and Memory Leaks in Roblox - What you should know

This article is meant to teach you how to prevent memory leaks and how the Roblox lua garbage collector works. What is garbage collection? Garbage collection, for those who are new to the term, is the process that a lot of languages such as JavaScript, python, and lua use to clean up memory. When values are no longer being used, they get garbage collected thus freeing up any memory they used. What are memory leaks? Memory leaks may sound like something scary. It might sound like it means infor…

But I did not understand it

this is a picture for F9 (server side)

[Chrythm]

To find the source, one method I like to use is disabling everything one by one until it stops happening. Once you find the source, look for any kind of variables or connections that might not be getting cleaned up.

[xxibadrxx]

Thanks for the note I will try it, the problem is its happening by the time so I don’t know how I will be able to know

[xxibadrxx]

How you gonna know that when it need like 30 mins+ to get the amount of memory? I can’t just disable all and wait 30 min for each script to check it out if it happens or no

[Chrythm]

In that case, you might want to see what actions causes it to happen. If it just happens over time while you do nothing, then it comes from code that is running independent from player input. Try to narrow it down based on what triggers it.

[xxibadrxx]

I kept respawning myself very fast I don’t know if its normal but I believe it has something to do when respawning…

[xxibadrxx]

I have a question, would the guns effect memory if they were in starter GUI inside buttons?

[Chrythm]

No? Memory leaks are mostly caused by code.