[BUG] High memory usage on Windows
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Oct 3, 2025 by klonuo Closed Oct 7, 2025
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?
Hi,
I'm using latest claude native build on Windows.
I noticed high memory usage for no apparent reason, and here is info if I just start claude without doing anything (It consumes 4GB):
C:\Users\klo> pslist -m | findstr claude
claude 17016 4194303 249444 4194303 4194303 119332 22 428
I have it installed also as native build on WSL2, and there is no such issue (180MB):
$ ps aux | grep claude
klo 313353 4.0 2.3 74353564 191148 pts/6 Sl+ 13:10 0:04 claude
klo 313714 0.0 0.0 7008 2304 pts/5 S+ 13:12 0:00 grep --color=auto claude
$ cat /proc/313353/statm
18588391 47772 12128 14577 0 16784587 0
What Should Happen?
It shouldn't consume so much memory
Error Messages/Logs
Steps to Reproduce
Run provided commands
Claude Model
None
Is this a regression?
I don't know
Last Working Version
_No response_
Claude Code Version
2.0.5 (Claude Code)
Platform
Anthropic API
Operating System
Windows
Terminal/Shell
Windows Terminal
Additional Information
_No response_
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