Bug: Web Workers duplication

[konstantincheban]

Current Behavior

I noticed that every time a created worker sends a message, pixi push it to the worker's pool, which leads to duplicate workers in memory.

pixijs/src/assets/loader/workers/WorkerManager.ts

Line 91 in cde22b1

this._returnWorker(event.target as Worker);

Expected Behavior

The behaviour described above should be fixed to avoid duplication of workers, unless of course it was not intended that way, which I have my doubts.

• it would be nice to have web workers clean up when app destroy is called, right now I don't see code for that.

Steps to Reproduce

In our case, the duplicate appears after the whole application has been remounted. Unfortunately I can't create a playground, but I hope even so the essence of the problem will be visible and clear.

Environment

• pixi.js version: 8.1.6
• Browser & Version: Chrome 125
• OS & Version: MacOS Sonoma
• Running Example:

Possible Solution

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Additional Information

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