process.memory.usage increasing steady

[nd1012]

I'm trying Aspire for the first time and found the process.memory.usage value increasing steady (n Windows 10, without serving any requests):

During writing there was a peak (marked), and after that the memory usage increases more slow.

While the Visual Studio process memory shows a different value (but stable):

In the Task Manager I can see the ASP.NET process memory increasing steady, too:

You can find the whole project source here (dev branch).

I run the micro service (without Aspire) on a Debian Linux, too, where the memory usage stays stable since a few hours now. Now I'm wondering - do I have a memory leak somewhere in my development environment, or does is come from Aspire? Is it a problem or normal operation?

UPDATE: After watching this for maybe one hour, there seemed to be some garbage collection, Maybe it was only some cache or buffer filling up data.

[davidfowl]

It's unlikely aspire is making your process memory leak. Instead, it's just making you aware of it (if it's even a leak that is). I recommend docs on diagnosing a memory leak in order to get a better understanding.

It's also likely that this could be a side effect of using server GC being on by default in ASP.NET Core projects and uses more memory. I also recommend looking at the GC counters to get a better understanding beyond high level process memory counters.

[nd1012]

Yes, I think you're right - after watching this for maybe one hour, there seemed to be some garbage collection. Maybe it was only some cache or buffer filling up data.