You are correct - the lambda strongly references `stage` and since it is in turn is strongly referenced from the menu item it creates a leak.
The lambda is essentially this: menuItem.setOnAction(new H(stage)); class $1 implements EventHandler<ActionEvent> { private final Stage stage; public $1(Stage s) { this.stage = s; // holds the reference and causes the leak } public void handle(ActionEvent ev) { stage.toFront(); } } -andy From: openjfx-dev <openjfx-dev-r...@openjdk.org> on behalf of Thiago Milczarek Sayão <thiago.sa...@gmail.com> Date: Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 03:42 To: openjfx-dev <openjfx-dev@openjdk.org> Subject: Possible leak on setOnAction Hi, I'm pretty sure setOnAction is holding references. I have a "Open Windows" menu on my application where it lists the Stages opened and if you click, it calls stage.toFront(): menuItem.seOnAction(e -> stage.toFront()) I had many crash reports, all OOM. I got the hprof files and analyzed them - turns out this was holding references to all closed stages. To fix it, I call setOnAction(null) when the stage is closed. I will investigate further and provide an example. -- Thiago.