#977·Reloader

[BUG] reloader consumes a lot of memory

Author: EvalleCreated Jul 23, 2025Updated Jun 2, 2026
Labelskind/bug

Describe the bug reloader is using a lot of memory

To Reproduce deploy the a latest version of reloader to a kubernetes cluster, check the memory metrics.

Expected behavior reloader runs normally

Screenshots

Cluster Number of Secrets Number of Configmaps Number of Pods Number of Deployments Number Of Namespaces
A 1736 1050 8944 520 299
B 1805 796 1937 550 216

On cluster A the memory consumption of reloader is around 80 MB:

Image On cluster B it is 16GB:Image

Cluster configuration is the same. So ideally in the debug messages I would like to see what is going on there and why so much difference. Thx.

Environment

  • reloader version: 1.4.5
  • Kubernetes Version: 1.31.6