Change by Bale :
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components: asyncio
nosy: EmperorBale, asvetlov, valid22, yselivanov
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Memory leak in asyncio server
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.8
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New submission from Bale :
In the file I attached below is a pretty simple asyncio server, it is identical
to the echo server on the documentation except it does not disconnect after
echoing.
When a connection is received, it creates an object called "test object" and
the only re
Bale added the comment:
Also, if this is intended behavior and there is something that I am missing,
you should really make it more clear in the documentation. In every project I
found on github that uses asyncio.start_server, the bug exists
Bale added the comment:
Ok since nobody is replying, the bug seems to be that if the asyncio server
sends data, and I do not use s.recv() to clear the buffer, and I use s.close()
instead, a reference to handle_echo is kept and is never deleted.
Using gc.collect() does delete the leaked
