[BUG] Possible Memory Leak on Claude Desktop (Mac) when using "Computer Use" feature

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened May 19, 2026 by ygbr Closed May 22, 2026

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  • [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?

Computer Use related python background services are using more than 30GB of RAM.
Actually one is using 30GB and other is using 20GB, see attached screenshot.

<img width="1159" height="93" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/20b831e9-c0b7-4753-81a2-6509f7cc2ed7" />

They are both python3 processes launched by uv with path:

/Users/yg/Library/Application Support/Claude/Claude Extensions/ant.dir.gh.cursortouch.macos-mcp/.venv/bin/python3

Version: Claude 1.7196.0 (2dbd78) 2026-05-12T05:34:40.000Z
Hardware: Apple MacBook Pro M2 Max 32GB RAM

What Should Happen?

MCP Processes shouldn't consume that much memory, specially ones native from Anthropic and that expose a real useful feature on Claude Code Desktop app

Error Messages/Logs

System is completely slow

Steps to Reproduce

Just run Claude for hours and this happens eventually.

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

Claude 1.7196.0 (2dbd78) 2026-05-12T05:34:40.000Z

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

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