ESM memory leaks involving jest (upstream bug)

[M-a-c-Carter]

Version

node 16, 18, 20

Platform

windows, osx,

Subsystem

jest

What steps will reproduce the bug?

follow steps mentioned in bug from jest repo

How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?

every test run

What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?

that memory gets freed when its not in use

What do you see instead?

memory grows until the process is killed by the OS.

Additional information

people haven't seemed to report this up stream and the issue has existed for years, I am not sure if the issue is actually a node issue, but that is the general consensus.

see: jestjs/jest#11956 (the bug exists on node 16.11+, 18, 20)

[M-a-c-Carter]

some things that seem to be related
#42080
#44211

seems to require https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/v8/v8/+/3172764

[bnoordhuis]

If you're saying your report is a duplicate of other bug reports, then you should close it as such.

[M-a-c-Carter]

duplicate