Closed Bug 671613 Opened 14 years ago Closed 13 years ago

Thunderbird memory usage increases dramatically shortly after startup

Categories

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
General
Platform:
x86_64
macOS
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: braden, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 2 open bugs,
URL
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Details

(Keywords: memory-footprint, perf)

Attachments

(3 files)

Graph of memory consumption over ~3 hours, safe mode, Tb 8.0
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MSGDB:5 log corresponding to about 2h 20minutes
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Graph of memory consumption over ~4 hours, safe mode, Tb 15.0b3
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Upon initial startup, Thunderbird typically consumes 250-380MB of memory. Over the next several minutes, this steadily increases to >900MB with no particular action taken. Clicking on different mail folders at this point will push things up further, frequently to around 1.5GB. "Global Search and Indexer" is not enabled.
Braden, this isn't a great bug report. there is not enough information here to indicate a confirmed bug. You should indicate/explain - that you started Thunderbird in safe mode - what does "no particular action taken" mean? Does it mean you didn't touch the UI? - what account types you have defined and are being checked for new mail/articles/feeds - what is "several minutes" 3, 10, 30?
Status: NEW → UNCONFIRMED
Ever confirmed: false
additionally, isn't this a continuation of bug 526568?
Can you copy about:memory ?
let's continue in bug 526568, unless you have strong reason to believe bug 526568 was fixed, and that 671613 didn't exist in 3.1 or is a new issue.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 14 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
It's difficult for me to say with certainty whether bug 526568 was fixed. Memory usage improved since that bug was initially filed; but a footprint of 500-600 MB continued to be typical. However, what I'm observing now is definitely a departure from the 3.1 behavior. (In reply to comment #1) > Braden, this isn't a great bug report. there is not enough information here > to indicate a confirmed bug. You should indicate/explain > - that you started Thunderbird in safe mode I haven't tried that yet. I will. > - what does "no particular action taken" mean? Does it mean you didn't > touch the UI? Yes. > - what account types you have defined and are being checked for new > mail/articles/feeds I have two IMAP accounts configured. > - what is "several minutes" 3, 10, 30? 5-7, I think. I can try to watch it a bit closer. I'll provide the additional information requested (safe mode, about:memory) shortly.
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Ever confirmed: true
Resolution: DUPLICATE → ---
unconfirmed please until safe mode is tested, and we have the cause and details needed for a developer to fix whatever is ailing
Status: REOPENED → UNCONFIRMED
Ever confirmed: false
Keywords: footprint, perf
Summary: Thunderbird memory usage increases dramatically → Thunderbird memory usage increases dramatically shortly after startup
(In reply to Braden from comment #5) > I'll provide the additional information requested (safe mode, about:memory) > shortly. If you do it with thunderbird 6 or 7 started in safe mode that would be even better.
Whiteboard: [closeme 2011-09-08]
I was also seeing >2G memory usage (Under 10.04LTS 32bit Ubuntu with Thunderbird 3.1.11 using IMAP email) One change I made that had a really big impact on this memory usage was updating all of the max_cached_connections values from 5 to 1 in the config editor I now only see about 850Meg ram usage PS I have >200k messages and >300 folders and >300 filters
Mike, >2G is pretty nasty! can you reproduce high memory with max_cached_connections=5 *and* starting in safe mode? see http://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/safe-mode how many imap accounts? and, did you by chance enable the hidden preference mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new ?
Blocks: tb-startupperf
MSGDB:5 logging would be helpful, along with the size of your folders. Each imap connection will hold flag state in memory, so if you have 10K messages in a folder, and have a lot of tags, that could easily be a couple 100K of memory. But GB is hard to get to...
don't have the info needed to debug => incomplete
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 14 years ago → 13 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
I'm enclosing a graph showing the memory consumption over 3 hours. Thunderbird was started in safe mode when gathering data for the graph. 1 imap account 10 pop accounts mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new=False mail.server.server11.max_cached_connections=5 I'll provide whichever other details desired to be able to look at this.
Attachment #581244 - Attachment description: Graph of memory consumption over ~3 hours, safe mode → Graph of memory consumption over ~3 hours, safe mode, Tb 8.0
A MSGDB:5 log using the following instructions would be helpful - https://wiki.mozilla.org/MailNews:Logging You should also check how big your various .msf files are in your profile.
(In reply to David :Bienvenu from comment #13) > A MSGDB:5 log using the following instructions would be helpful - > https://wiki.mozilla.org/MailNews:Logging Upploading the MSGDB:5 log, covering about 2h 20m. At the end of this time, RSS memory was at ~800 MBytes. > You should also check how big your various .msf files are in your profile. That's interesting. I didn't realize this would matter, as long as I don't visit the folders in question in the GUI ... Anyway, here you go: 15:20 ~/Library/Thunderbird/Profiles/default.6b0 henrik@brunello $ find . -name "*.msf" -print0 | xargs -0 ls -ltdT | grep Dec -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 65781 15 Dec 15:18:24 2011 ./ImapMail/mail.autonomica.se/Junk-2.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 204972 15 Dec 15:13:24 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Junk.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 197037 15 Dec 15:09:13 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Inbox.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 1385434 15 Dec 15:09:13 2011 ./Mail/localhost/robots.sbd/misc.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 3768506 15 Dec 15:09:13 2011 ./Mail/localhost/robots.sbd/root.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 3349 15 Dec 15:08:38 2011 ./Mail/smart mailboxes/Inbox.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 2254 15 Dec 15:08:38 2011 ./Mail/smart mailboxes/Junk.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 8472385 15 Dec 14:58:40 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Sent.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 4818167 15 Dec 14:58:40 2011 ./Mail/localhost/list.sbd/macosx.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 78212397 15 Dec 14:58:40 2011 ./Mail/localhost/robots.sbd/cron@merlot.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 2738 15 Dec 14:58:40 2011 ./Mail/smart mailboxes/Sent.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 119043 15 Dec 14:54:08 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Drafts.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 2007 15 Dec 14:53:51 2011 ./Mail/smart mailboxes/Drafts.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 3681160 15 Dec 14:53:36 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Archives.sbd/2011.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 17311185 15 Dec 14:53:36 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Trash.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 2604 15 Dec 14:53:36 2011 ./Mail/smart mailboxes/Trash.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 3909422 15 Dec 14:31:45 2011 ./Mail/localhost/robots.sbd/cron@grenache.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 23174618 15 Dec 14:29:12 2011 ./Mail/localhost/robots.sbd/cron@gamay.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 19328610 15 Dec 14:28:08 2011 ./Mail/localhost/ietf.sbd/i-d-announce.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 9849 15 Dec 14:27:50 2011 ./ImapMail/mail.autonomica.se/INBOX.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 63861071 15 Dec 14:27:36 2011 ./ImapMail/mail.autonomica.se/Robots.sbd/RT.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 38692314 15 Dec 13:28:27 2011 ./Mail/localhost/list.sbd/python-dev.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 8622400 15 Dec 12:58:18 2011 ./Mail/localhost/list.sbd/python-ideas.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 1208661 15 Dec 12:26:56 2011 ./ImapMail/mail.autonomica.se/Archives.sbd/2011.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 61366296 15 Dec 12:03:16 2011 ./Mail/localhost/robots.sbd/cron@shiraz.msf -rw-r--r-- 1 henrik henrik 2612 15 Dec 11:48:39 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/seamoby.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 11152 15 Dec 11:46:47 2011 ./Mail/smart mailboxes/Inbox.sbd/iaoc docs.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 6779 15 Dec 11:46:46 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Archives.sbd/iaoc docs.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 6674 15 Dec 11:46:46 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Search.sbd/New mailing list msg.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 6702 15 Dec 11:46:46 2011 ./Mail/localhost/list admin info.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 1999895 15 Dec 11:46:46 2011 ./Mail/localhost/robots.sbd/backscatter.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 1558960 15 Dec 11:45:30 2011 ./Mail/localhost/ietf.sbd/tools-discuss.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 1281525 15 Dec 10:50:01 2011 ./ImapMail/mail.autonomica.se/Trash.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 20356231 15 Dec 10:49:56 2011 ./Mail/localhost/robots.sbd/list-admin.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 2729964 15 Dec 10:49:31 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/mext.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 13700693 15 Dec 10:49:28 2011 ./Mail/localhost/list.sbd/django-dev.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 6833740 15 Dec 10:49:27 2011 ./Mail/localhost/ietf.sbd/ietf-announce.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 1428173 15 Dec 10:49:27 2011 ./Mail/localhost/ietf.sbd/mip4.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 1366031 15 Dec 10:29:34 2011 ./Mail/localhost/ietf.sbd/xml2rfc.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 1052907 15 Dec 06:29:09 2011 ./Mail/localhost/robots.sbd/dailydose.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 459360 15 Dec 04:58:12 2011 ./Mail/localhost/ietf.sbd/tools-dev.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 23441515 15 Dec 00:58:38 2011 ./Mail/localhost/ietf.sbd/ietf.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 1158776 14 Dec 09:57:24 2011 ./Mail/localhost/robots.sbd/trac.msf -rw-r--r-- 1 henrik henrik 4551183 13 Dec 18:58:46 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/dhcwg.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 2828 13 Dec 18:19:04 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Trash.sbd/hip.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 5234801 13 Dec 10:38:20 2011 ./Mail/localhost/list.sbd/lbw.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 1686758 13 Dec 10:38:19 2011 ./Mail/localhost/ietf.sbd/rfc-interest.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 3330909 12 Dec 17:14:00 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Archives.sbd/2010.msf -rw-r--r-- 1 henrik henrik 3312 12 Dec 17:14:00 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Search.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 4652 12 Dec 17:14:00 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Templates.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 2565 12 Dec 17:14:00 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Trash.sbd/* People.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 2411 12 Dec 17:14:00 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Trash.sbd/07.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 2411 12 Dec 17:14:00 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Trash.sbd/08.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 2411 12 Dec 17:14:00 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Trash.sbd/09.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 2411 12 Dec 17:14:00 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Trash.sbd/10.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 2411 12 Dec 17:14:00 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Trash.sbd/11.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 2404 12 Dec 17:14:00 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Trash.sbd/12.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 3427 12 Dec 17:14:00 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Trash.sbd/archive.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 20737375 12 Dec 17:14:00 2011 ./Mail/localhost/robots.sbd/cron@zinfandel.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 1435592 12 Dec 17:14:00 2011 ./Mail/localhost/robots.sbd/django.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 353850 12 Dec 17:14:00 2011 ./Mail/localhost/robots.sbd/ietf-autoreply.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 552720 12 Dec 17:14:00 2011 ./Mail/localhost/robots.sbd/list-managers.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 15241158 12 Dec 17:14:00 2011 ./Mail/localhost/robots.sbd/munin.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 3345698 12 Dec 17:14:00 2011 ./Mail/localhost/robots.sbd/notifications.msf -rw-r--r-- 1 henrik henrik 2383651 12 Dec 17:14:00 2011 ./Mail/localhost/robots.sbd/tools.msf -rw-r--r-- 1 henrik henrik 964791 12 Dec 17:14:00 2011 ./Mail/localhost/robots.sbd/xml2rfc.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 2445 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Pending.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 5084572 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/ietf.sbd/ietf-nn.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 1946850 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/ietf.sbd/int-area.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 457342 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/ietf.sbd/tools-team.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 4576273 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/ietf.sbd/wgchairs.msf -rw-r--r-- 1 henrik henrik 3133 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/list.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 696898 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/list.sbd/fortress.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 386934 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/list.sbd/geekski.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 832501 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/list.sbd/pilsner.msf -rw-r--r-- 1 henrik henrik 3799 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 670552 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/architecture.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 4643825 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/atom.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 293350 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/cga-ext.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 956878 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/core.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 1136726 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/dna.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 151239 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/drinks.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 1105481 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/eap.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 27584 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/elektrosmog.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 6057886 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/frobbit.msf -rw-r--r-- 1 henrik henrik 299264 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/git.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 1418866 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/hip.msf -rw-r--r-- 1 henrik henrik 133676 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/hokey.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 3308407 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/hybi.msf -rw-r--r-- 1 henrik henrik 26190 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/iasa-bcp.msf -rw-r--r-- 1 henrik henrik 16111 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/icar.msf -rw-r--r-- 1 henrik henrik 21098 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/ietf-action.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 1363612 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/ietf-mxcomp.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 1892727 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/ipr-wg.msf -rw-r--r-- 1 henrik henrik 166000 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/matplotlib.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 417192 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/mdir.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 2813449 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/mip6.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 2057510 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/mipshop.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 570885 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/miptrans.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 705917 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/mobike.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 533987 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/mobopts.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 635350 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/monami6.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 851015 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/nemo.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 780545 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/netlmm-dt.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 5552383 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/netlmm.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 82893 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/nomcom.msf -rw-r--r-- 1 henrik henrik 78936 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/p2p-sip.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 315130 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/p2prg.msf -rw-r--r-- 1 henrik henrik 134796 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/pesci.msf -rw-r--r-- 1 henrik henrik 274583 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/proto.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 7783057 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/py3000.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 109767 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/radext.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 582453 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/rohc.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 1663007 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/roll.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 125141 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/soc.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 149249 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/techspec.msf -rw-r--r-- 1 henrik henrik 41854 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/ternli.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 321108 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/v6ops.msf -rw-r--r-- 1 henrik henrik 1849953 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/web-sig.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 262256 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/old.sbd/what.msf -rw-r--r-- 1 henrik henrik 3890 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/robots.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 71439 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/robots.sbd/amazon.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 8249979 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/robots.sbd/cron@blackmuscat.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 55883218 12 Dec 17:13:59 2011 ./Mail/localhost/robots.sbd/cron@cabernet.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 2888 12 Dec 17:13:58 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Archives.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 1366767 12 Dec 17:13:58 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Archives.sbd/2004.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 2975549 12 Dec 17:13:58 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Archives.sbd/2005.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 3529419 12 Dec 17:13:58 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Archives.sbd/2006.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 4399726 12 Dec 17:13:58 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Archives.sbd/2007.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 4532426 12 Dec 17:13:58 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Archives.sbd/2008.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 2895492 12 Dec 17:13:58 2011 ./Mail/localhost/Archives.sbd/2009.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 2728 12 Dec 17:13:58 2011 ./Mail/localhost/ietf.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 802614 12 Dec 17:13:03 2011 ./Mail/localhost/robots.sbd/marsanne.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 305631 12 Dec 15:28:35 2011 ./ImapMail/mail.autonomica.se/Sent.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 323648 9 Dec 12:02:00 2011 ./ImapMail/mail.autonomica.se/Robots.sbd/Trac.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 2171 9 Dec 12:01:57 2011 ./ImapMail/mail.autonomica.se/Lists.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 3021 7 Dec 16:18:26 2011 ./Mail/localhost/robots.sbd/Old unread.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 8508 7 Dec 15:23:12 2011 ./ImapMail/mail.autonomica.se/Drafts.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 3379 6 Dec 12:05:03 2011 ./ImapMail/mail.autonomica.se/Archives.sbd/1970.msf -rw-r--r--@ 1 henrik henrik 3479 1 Dec 11:52:10 2011 ./Mail/smart mailboxes/Archives.msf
henrik, you did this/see this with thunderbird started in safe mode?? https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Testing:Memory_Usage_Problems If you do not see the problem in safe mode, what addons are you using? 800mb isn't surprising with several indexes in the 10MB-70MB range, and msdblog peaking with ~37 dbs open BTW, this bug is closed, so if we determine there is a legit problem here, the issue should be pursued in a new bug
URL: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:...
(In reply to Wayne Mery (:wsmwk) from comment #15) > henrik, you did this/see this with thunderbird started in safe mode?? Yes, this is in safe mode. > https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Testing:Memory_Usage_Problems > If you do not see the problem in safe mode, what addons are you using? > > 800mb isn't surprising with several indexes in the 10MB-70MB range, and > msdblog peaking with ~37 dbs open Hm. Faint comfort. And it doesn't stop there, it keeps increasing till I restart it again; I've seen it at least up to 1.2 GBytes before restarting, and yes, it's in safe mode; I've been keeping it there for the last few days in order to have consistent data to report. Anything I can tweak in the setting to make this footprint smaller would be appreciated; it's just causing too much swapping to happen (i.e., too little memory left for other applications) when it takes this much memory. > BTW, this bug is closed, so if we determine there is a legit problem here, > the issue should be pursued in a new bug Understood.
Braden, did you stop seeing this problem? bug 723248 limits open dbs to 30, which should help. Check esp bug 723248 comment 29. fix is in version 15, available as beta from http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/channel/
Depends on: 723248
See Also: → 526568
(In reply to Wayne Mery (:wsmwk) from comment #9) > Mike, > > >2G is pretty nasty! > can you reproduce high memory with max_cached_connections=5 *and* starting > in safe mode? see http://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/safe-mode > > how many imap accounts? > and, did you by chance enable the hidden preference > mail.check_all_imap_folders_for_new ? Hi, I am now running thunderbird 14.0 and no longer have the problem - even with max-connections=5 I am using IMAP with one account with 514 folders and 614 filters ~/.thunderbird/mail/ImapMail/mail.connect.uwaterloo.ca$ find . -type f | grep "\.msf$" | wc 514 921 26878 ~/.thunderbird/mail/ImapMail/mail.connect.uwaterloo.ca$ grep "^name=" msgFilterRules.dat | wc 650 1142 12952 Here is my current memory usage - note that it is great! PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 15057 magore 20 0 1181m 159m 43m S 0 1.0 4:35.15 thunderbird
(In reply to Wayne Mery (:wsmwk) from comment #17) > Braden, did you stop seeing this problem? Yes, I believe I did. For some releases now, I've not observed the sort of dramatic memory growth that prompted this bug report. It's still not unusual for Thunderbird to consume 400-700 MB of memory; but that's after running for a while. And I can see if that improves in Thunderbird 15.
In 15.0b3 the memory consumption behaviour I see has changed dramatically from that of 8.0. Attaching a new graph of RSS vs. time
Braden, thanks for the update. WFM based on comment 19. (cause/solution unknown) Henrik's issue no doubt solved by bienvenu's patch in bug 723248 delivered in beta version 15. TB15 goes public in about a week.
Resolution: INCOMPLETE → WORKSFORME
Whiteboard: [closeme 2011-09-08]
Blocks: 1330872
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