Possible memory leak

35 votes

We rent a linux server with 3gb of ram, the server usually sits at around 2.5-2.6gb of usage but has been steadily inclining over the last week or so to the point where it was dragging along 98-100% most of the day today. I restarted the server and it's now back down to 2.5gb usage. I upgraded our server to 4gbs and I'm not even sure it was needed now. I know that the more stuff we build, the more resources are required, but nothing explains the 500mbs of ram usage that just went away after a restart.

Under consideration Suggested by: Kev (16 Feb, '21) • Upvoted: 08 Dec, '22 • Comments: 3

Comments: 3

18 Feb, '21
Jon
I'd like to build on this with the client, noticed that after around 4 hours of gameplay my memory usage was significantly higher. Not a game-breaking issue at all, but definitely points to signs of a memory leak in the game as restarting the game solved the issue!
22 Feb, '21
Max
I ran into this issue as well -- After running the valheim linux server for 35 hours the server had creeped up to 11.5GB of memory usage.

The server seems to degrade over long runtimes -- more items floating away, more enemies teleporting, etc.
06 Mar, '21
Connavar
Same for me, memory usage climbing event without online players.
https://beta.ctrlv.cz/6U8F