# Memory leak by Netdata agent

**URL:** <https://community.netdata.cloud/t/memory-leak-by-netdata-agent/5950>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** agent\
**Created:** [November 10, 2024, 8:26am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/memory-leak-by-netdata-agent/5950 "2024-11-10T08:26:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![iliya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dbc845/32.png) [@iliya](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/iliya)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 8:26am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/memory-leak-by-netdata-agent/5950/1 "2024-11-10T08:26:41Z")

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I have a memory problem related to your agent. After installing the agent, the memory consumption was 5.9 MB, then 105 MB and now it uses 107.7 MB. What’s going on? Why does the agent use so much memory?