Closed Bug 700547 (LeakyAddons) Opened 13 years ago Closed 6 years ago

[meta] Leaky add-ons

Categories

(WebExtensions :: General, defect)

Product:
WebExtensions
Component:
General
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: n.nethercote, Unassigned)

References

(Depends on 1 open bug)

Details

(Keywords: memory-leak, meta) 

This is a bug for tracking add-ons with known memory leaks, zombie compartments, etc.
Depends on: 674475
Keywords: meta
Whiteboard: [MemShrink]
Alias: LeakyAddons
Depends on: 699801
Depends on: 707403
Depends on: 707524
Depends on: 708360
Component: General → Tracking
QA Contact: general → chofmann
Depends on: 711042
Depends on: 711675
Depends on: 711778
Depends on: 712733
Depends on: 715474
Depends on: 716163
Depends on: 718127
No longer depends on: 718127
Depends on: 718375
Depends on: 719782
Depends on: 720591
Depends on: 719601
Depends on: 720929
I'm broadening the scope of this bug slightly to cover add-ons that use a lot of memory, even if they're not actually leaking.  E.g. bug 720929.
Depends on: 724404
Depends on: 724433
Depends on: 725875
Depends on: 725956
Depends on: 727413
Depends on: 727552
Depends on: 727739
Blocks: 728008
No longer blocks: 728008
Depends on: 728008
Depends on: 728034
Depends on: 727938
Depends on: 728525
Depends on: 728528
No longer blocks: 728589
Depends on: 728589
Depends on: 729378
Depends on: 729423
Depends on: LA-hyperwords
Depends on: 729948
Depends on: 730546
Depends on: 730566
Depends on: 730682
Depends on: 730683
Depends on: 730784
Depends on: 730796
Depends on: 730846
Depends on: 730782
Depends on: LA-scrapbook-plus
Depends on: 731801
Depends on: 731934
Depends on: 732335
Depends on: 732374
Depends on: 734097
No longer blocks: 731906
Depends on: 731906
Depends on: 734408
Depends on: 735007
Depends on: LA-picpasso
Depends on: 737972
Depends on: 724468
Depends on: 739803
Depends on: 740085
Depends on: 740363
Component: Tracking → Add-ons
Product: Core → Tech Evangelism
QA Contact: chofmann → addons
Depends on: 742663
Depends on: 743215
Depends on: 743414
Depends on: 745149
Depends on: 747167
Depends on: 747466
Depends on: 748296
Depends on: 752904
Depends on: 754864
Since bug 695480 land, a great amount of leaks has been FIXED, should we consider categorizing the still non-fixed add-ons leaks into a new bug?

I've test nightly yesterday, and found two leaks from add-ons, which should be this kind of leaks.
(In reply to bandinfinite from comment #2)
> Since bug 695480 land, a great amount of leaks has been FIXED, should we
> consider categorizing the still non-fixed add-ons leaks into a new bug?

No.  Most of the leaks fixed by bug 695480 are also being tracked by bug 668871.  

And we're not going to mark any of the leaks that are fixed by bug 695480 as closed until bug 695480 makes it into a Firefox release, which is likely to happen on August 28 (Firefox 15).
Depends on: 764258
Depends on: 766875
Depends on: LA-web-developer
Depends on: 778318
Depends on: 764840
Depends on: 788015
Depends on: 795633
It took about a year, but this bug is currently free of dependencies :)
> It took about a year, but this bug is currently free of dependencies :)

Whoa.  Cool!
Depends on: 810344
Depends on: 810640
Did I get it right, that it is okay to file extensions' memory leaks into this bugtracker and YOU (not the extensions' developers) will fix them?
> Did I get it right, that it is okay to file extensions' memory leaks into
> this bugtracker and YOU (not the extensions' developers) will fix them?

We track them and try to provide assistance, but ultimately it's the extension developer's responsibility to fix leaks.
Depends on: 823563
Depends on: 835010
Depends on: 835011
Depends on: 853046
Depends on: 911650
Depends on: 1010416
Depends on: 1174950
Depends on: 1181122
Depends on: 1255998
Depends on: 1260372
No longer depends on: 1260372
No longer depends on: 922597
Mass-closing bugs that relate to legacy versions of add-ons or are otherwise no longer worth tracking. Please comment if you think this bug should be reopened.

Sorry for the bugspam. Made you look, though!
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Component: Add-ons → General
Product: Tech Evangelism → WebExtensions
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