Extremely high memory usage on macOS

[turtlebasket]

Steps To Reproduce

1. Open Bitwarden
2. Wait a while & check Activity Monitor

Expected Result

Acceptable/average memory usage range for an electron app

Actual Result

1-2GB memory usage after running for several days - weeks

Screenshots or Videos

Usage when running for a long time:

Usage when restarted:

Additional Context

Usage is reduced to normal levels after a restart. Periodically restarting is fine, but probably not a viable solution for users who minimize Bitwarden to the taskbar.

Operating System

macOS

Operating System Version

11.6 Big Sur

Installation method

Direct Download (from bitwarden.com)

Build Version

1.31.3

Issue Tracking Info

• [x] I understand that work is tracked outside of Github. A PR will be linked to this issue should one be opened to address it, but Bitwarden doesn't use fields like "assigned", "milestone", or "project" to track progress.

[Adedamola-Aina]

Hi there,

Thank you for your report!

I was able to reproduce this issue, and have flagged this to our engineering team.

If you wish to add any further information/screenshots/recordings etc., please feel free to do so at any time - our engineering team will be happy to review these.

Thanks once again!

[turtlebasket]

Thanks for investigating!

[fuomag9]

This is probably very similar if not the same to #1770

[ven]

Any updates on this @Adedamola-Aina?

[turtlebasket]

This is probably very similar if not the same to #1770

Could be, although it's an issue with the electron client on macOS in this case - not sure what's causing the issue

[djsmith85]

@turtlebasket One thing that caught my attention in the report is the usage of version 1.31.3 which is over a year old. Does this behaviour still occur on a recent version 2023.4

[fuomag9]

@turtlebasket One thing that caught my attention in the report is the usage of version 1.31.3 which is over a year old. Does this behaviour still occur on a recent version 2023.4

Yes

[panzerchris]

This is still a problem. I noticed having had BitWarden running for a few days it slowly crept up to 800MiB which seems fairly excessive for an application hidden in the menu bar that I'm not interacting with. The most interaction I have with the desktop application is using biometric unlocking in the browser which is tied to the desktop client being installed.

[au-ganymede]

I can confirm that this problem persists to this day. I'm using the Bitwarden MacOS application and Firefox extension (I also have Bitwarden CLI installed).

MacBook Pro M1 macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Bitwarden 2024.4.1 (23269)

[k-bx]

Same here

[treyd3]

Can confirm still a problem. I came here to see if this was a known issue after finding bitwarden consuming over 1.4GB and restarting it.

M1 Macbook Air macOS Sonoma 14.5 (23F79) Bitwarden desktop 2024.4.1 (23240)

[Yogesh19921]

Same here. Was trying to see if this is fixed. But looks like it's still a problem. I have Brave browser with extension and then the desktop app.

M1 Macbook Air macOS Sonoma 14.5 Bitwarden desktop 2024.4.1 (23240)

[erikdemarco]

this issue already exist since 2021 and still not solved? Just asking, is it possible the developer ship different version of software than in this repo and put something in this software to freely use our computer resources for something fishy? 🤔

[trmartin4]

We would like to confirm if users are still experiencing high memory usage on macOS. We have been making continual improvements with an eye toward performance and would like to assess whether these have been helpful.

[treyd3]

I haven't noticed high memory usage for quite a while now. Thanks!

[turtlebasket]

Same here- usage is hovering around 95MB for me. Can probably close if there's agreement about this

[trmartin4]

Thank you for your feedback! We will be closing this. If you experience this again please feel free to create a new issue or re-open this one.