Hi Eli, Here is the buffer that was generated after executing report-emacs-bug. I will do what you asked and will report back when it happens again. Many thanks, Naveed From: Naveed To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: 27.1; excessiveMemoryUsage --text follows this line-- In GNU Emacs 27.1 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.30, cairo version 1.15.10) of 2020-08-26 built on lgw01-amd64-030 Repository revision: a2fc5f02361a34ff7322032ce027c8bc4cc3b25a Repository branch: master Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11906000 System Description: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS Recent messages: Type C-x 1 to delete the help window, C-M-v to scroll help. previous-line: Beginning of buffer [2 times] Mark set Mark saved where search started File Thorisson.H(2000a)-Coupling, stationarity, and regeneration.pdf is large (16.7 MiB), really open? (y)es or (n)o or (l)iterally y Mark set [2 times] Press C-c C-c to commit your changes, C-c C-q to abandon them. Saving file /home/naveed/Dropbox/Library/Book/Dudley.R(2018a)-Real Analysis and Probability 0.pdf... 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button faces cus-face macroexp files text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote threads dbusbind inotify lcms2 dynamic-setting system-font-setting font-render-setting xwidget-internal cairo move-toolbar gtk x-toolkit x multi-tty make-network-process emacs) Memory information: ((conses 16 802802 114116) (symbols 48 51882 1) (strings 32 215694 36925) (string-bytes 1 60947770) (vectors 16 80953) (vector-slots 8 1324842 98944) (floats 8 44821 897) (intervals 56 15934 204) (buffers 1000 32)) On Sat, Oct 10, 2020 at 1:42 AM Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > From: Naveed Chehrazi > > Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2020 15:25:55 -0500 > > Cc: 43876@debbugs.gnu.org > > > > I use emacs to write academic papers. This means that the follow > packages/modes are generally active: > > > > * auctex > > * reftex > > * flyspell > > * company > > * pdf-view (using pdftools) > > * Ebib > > * Org > > > > I often have 3 to 4 emacs window/frame open for many days. Emacs uses > normal amount of memory > > initially but after three or four days, the amount of memory it has used > has grown enormously. I have not > > changed the settings of the garbage collector. Its current value is: > > > > gc-cons-threshold is a variable defined in ‘C source code’. > > Its value is 800000 > > Thanks for the report of your typical usage. To make this even more > complete, could you please post the full information collected by > "M-x report-emacs-bug" about your system and the Emacs configuration? > > To make some progress in investigating this and similar reports, it > could help if you start a fresh session, in which you check the memory > footprint frequently, say, each hour. When you see a significant > increase in the memory usage, try to remember what you did since the > last checkpoint, and report this information here. > > TIA >