Zed Consuming Excessive amount of RAM.
Author: GT020Created Jun 22, 2026Updated Sep 17, 2026
Labelsstate:needs infostate:needs reproarea:performance/memory leakreach:some usersseverity:S1
Reproduction steps
Sadly, no specific way to reproduce faced it once.
3 windows simultaneously.
On Working window, I opened up two repositories, and I was typing prompt in Claude code. When system Become unresponsive. Couldn't capture logs or screenshot due to unresponsive system.
Zed version and system specs
Zed - v1.7.2 - aa8ac4b04 OS - macOS Tahoe 26.5.1 Memory - 24GB Architecture - darwin-arm64 (m4)
Attach Zed log file
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Source: zed-industries/zed