Summary:	ASTERISK-26767: ARI channelvars cause memory leak
Reporter:	Sébastien Duthil (sduthil)	Labels:
Date Opened:	2017-02-03 15:13:10.000-0600	Date Closed:	2017-02-03 19:33:45.000-0600
Priority:	Major	Regression?	No
Status:	Closed/Complete	Components:	Resources/res_ari
Versions:	14.2.0 14.2.1	Frequency of Occurrence	Constant
Related Issues:
Environment:	Debian 8.7 64bits	Attachments:	( 0) asterisk-26767-memory-leak.png
Description:	Given I set channelvars=ANYTHING in ari.conf Given I have a Stasis application connected to Asterisk registered to all channel events When I make about 90000 calls Then Asterisk takes up about 2GB of RAM When channelvars is not set in ari.conf, Asterisk RAM stays below 70MB.
Comments:	By: Asterisk Team (asteriskteam) 2017-02-03 15:13:12.133-0600 Thanks for creating a report! The issue has entered the triage process. That means the issue will wait in this status until a Bug Marshal has an opportunity to review the issue. Once the issue has been reviewed you will receive comments regarding the next steps towards resolution. A good first step is for you to review the [Asterisk Issue Guidelines|https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+Issue+Guidelines] if you haven't already. The guidelines detail what is expected from an Asterisk issue report. Then, if you are submitting a patch, please review the [Patch Contribution Process|https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Patch+Contribution+Process]. By: Sébastien Duthil (sduthil) 2017-02-03 15:17:25.478-0600 Attached is a graph of the Asterisk process memory under load. Between the 26th and the 30th, the Asterisk took about 90000 calls in 4 days. On the 30th, we disabled channelvars in ari.conf and restarted the load test. By: Friendly Automation (friendly-automation) 2017-02-03 19:33:46.104-0600 Change 4885 merged by zuul: res_ari: fix memory leak for channelvars [https://gerrit.asterisk.org/4885|https://gerrit.asterisk.org/4885] By: Friendly Automation (friendly-automation) 2017-02-03 19:35:43.086-0600 Change 4886 merged by zuul: res_ari: fix memory leak for channelvars [https://gerrit.asterisk.org/4886|https://gerrit.asterisk.org/4886]