Getting "Awww Snap, Out of Memory" - But What Is Causing It?

[Antony]

Looks like it is a Chrome specific thing…

Are You Noticing Massive Memory Usage With Chrome But Not Firefox?

I have some strange things going on with my app (built on PHP) and memory. I’ve spent the last few days trying to track down what I thought was a memory leak in my app, and I’ve just managed to conclusively prove it is happening only in Chrome, not in Firefox, and isn’t due to some change I’ve made in my app. If I use my app for 5 minutes in Chrome, and then leave it static in the window, the memory usage gradually increases to 2Gb. If I use the app in the same way in Firefox, it stays static…