- Prompt at a glance
- Category
- Text & chat
- Works with
- Claude · ChatGPT · Gemini
- Length
- 90 words
- Fields to fill
- RUNTIME, SHORT DESCRIPTION, PASTE: caches, event listeners, timers, global lists
- Last updated
Track down a memory leak
Memory that keeps growing until the app restarts usually comes from caches, listeners or timers that never let go. This prompt reviews your suspicious code and gives a step-by-step plan to confirm the leak with a profiler.
Act as an expert in [RUNTIME, e.g. Node.js / Python / Java] memory issues. Symptom: [e.g. memory grows from 200 MB to 2 GB over 6 hours, then the app restarts] What the app does: [SHORT DESCRIPTION] Suspicious code: [PASTE: caches, event listeners, timers, global lists] List the most likely leak sources in this code, explain why each one keeps memory alive, and show the fix. Then give me a step-by-step plan to confirm the leak with a heap snapshot or profiler, including exactly what to compare between two snapshots.
Common leaks: listeners that are never removed, caches with no size limit, and timers that keep running after a request ends.
From copy to answer in four steps
- 1
Open Claude and start a new chat.
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Paste the prompt.
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Replace each [BRACKETED] field with your real details and paste in your own text where asked.
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Reply with follow-ups such as "make it shorter" or "make it sound more like me".
About this prompt
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It is written for Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini. Paste it into your preferred tool and adjust the wording if the result is off.
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Replace these fields before you send it: RUNTIME, SHORT DESCRIPTION, PASTE: caches, event listeners, timers, global lists. Each field shows an example in the prompt.
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