[BUG] There is a huge memory leak in claude code

Resolved 💬 5 comments Opened Apr 14, 2026 by hadi-makki Closed May 25, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
  • [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

I just open claude code without doing anything, it just keeps eating the ram, one session reached 13gb ram and its doing nothing

What Should Happen?

on idle state it should be under 1gb

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

1- just run claude code

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

No, this never worked

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.107 (Claude Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Ubuntu/Debian Linux

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

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