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Your Rust Service Isn't Leaking — It Could Be the Allocator

Lobsters Hottest · 2026-07-07 Cached

This article describes a debugging journey where a Rust service's memory remained high under load despite no leaks, due to glibc's ptmalloc allocator not releasing freed memory back to the OS. It explains the allocator behavior and provides insights for Rust developers.

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