Microsoft Edge has a new memory leak debugging tool
Memory leaks are no fun. They mess with performance and can be tricky to patch up. That’s why Microsoft has made a new Detached Elements tool to identify problems and help stop leaks.
You can check out Microsoft’s developer-focused blog post for a full and proper rundown of how the Detached Elements tool works. For those of you outside the loop on what memory leaks even are, though, here’s the Windows 11 maker’s description: “Memory leaks occur when the JavaScript code of an application retains more and more objects in memory that it doesn’t need any longer instead of releasing them for the browser to garbage collect (GC). For long-running apps, small memory leaks of only a few kilobytes can add up to noticeably degrade performance over time.”
There’s an extensive amount of documentation on the tool over at Microsoft’s site if you really want to dig into the weeds of it and learn more.
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