Excessive RAM consumption

[TheDreadPirate]

The running theory is that there is some database issue that is causing the bloat. But it is hard to specifically point to a root cause if we're not able to reliably reproduce the issue.

[gizmomelb]

I'm running a docker version of Jellyfin (10.10.6) on my Synology (DSM 7.x) and on boot it uses about 3.2GB of RAM, after a few days it is up to 6.4GB of RAM. Happy to look for log files / other app versions if needed.

[thymon]

I rebooted at 4:00 AM, and it's already using 6.4GB of RAM by 10:00 AM.

Yesterday I tested :

Code:

docker inspect --format='{{.State.Pid}}' Jellyfin

2513672

Code:

smem -t
  PID User    Command                        Swap      USS      PSS      RSS
1098295 root    bash                              0    1672    2408    3800
1100781 root    /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/s        0    15956    16871    18484
1098152 root    /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ff        0    27792    28506    29928
      1 root    /jellyfin/jellyfin                0 11782316 11782767 11783748
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    4 1                                            0 11827736 11830552 11835960

[TheDreadPirate]

You can try enabling debug logs then sharing a full day's worth. You will likely need to zip the log(s) before attaching them to a forum post. Again, still very hard to figure out without a reliable way to reproduce on our own systems.

[thymon]

Okay, I'll do that.
I also tried deleting the Docker container and recreating it (while keeping my appdata, of course), but that didn't change anything.

For me, the solution would be to migrate to another repository like "lscr.io/linuxserver/jellyfin".
However, I would need guidance on the steps to follow because simply copying the appdata didn't work—the new linuxserver database didn't like it. 😆😜

Alternatively, I could wait for version 10.10.10 , which should introduce a backup feature, making the migration to another repository much easier.

[gizmomelb]

10.10.10? there's a roadmap of upcoming features/work?

[Efficient_Good_5784]

10.10.10?  there's a roadmap of upcoming features/work?

You can check this out:
https://github.com/orgs/jellyfin/projects/55

[thymon]

10.10.10?  there's a roadmap of upcoming features/work?

https://jellyfin.org/posts/jellyfin-release-10.10.0/

There is actually a procedure for backups.

The Future

Long-term, we have plans to provide an official backup and restore plugin bundled with Jellyfin, however this requires the completion of our EFCore rewrite, which is currently slated for our next major release 10.11.0. Once that becomes available, this document will be updated to reflect the process using that plugin.

10.11.0! I got the release wrong. 😆

[TheDreadPirate]

Okay, I'll do that.
I also tried deleting the Docker container and recreating it (while keeping my appdata, of course), but that didn't change anything.

For me, the solution would be to migrate to another repository like "lscr.io/linuxserver/jellyfin".
However, I would need guidance on the steps to follow because simply copying the appdata didn't work—the new linuxserver database didn't like it. 😆😜

Alternatively, I could wait for version 10.10.10 , which should introduce a backup feature, making the migration to another repository much easier.

Are you using the official image now?  If so, the linuxserver image uses a slightly different config directory layout to the point that the official and linuxserver images are not interchangeable.

[thymon]

Yes, I’m using the official repository. And I understood that the two repositories are not interchangeable when I tried to test.