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