# \[BUG-3514\] RAM usage never goes down, always rising when switching projects

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-3514-ram-usage-never-goes-down-always-rising-when-switching-projects/58440>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [April 13, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-3514-ram-usage-never-goes-down-always-rising-when-switching-projects/58440 "2022-04-13T21:30:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![stefan.marcin74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@stefan.marcin74](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/stefan.marcin74)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-3514-ram-usage-never-goes-down-always-rising-when-switching-projects/58440/1 "2022-04-13T21:30:44Z")

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Hello I noticed, designer eats more and more ram everytime I jump from project to project in Designer until the whole system starts lagging and I have to kill the process. Any tips how to fix it ?  
Version - 8.1.9

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**Author:** ![josborn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@josborn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/josborn)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-3514-ram-usage-never-goes-down-always-rising-when-switching-projects/58440/2 "2022-04-13T22:01:03Z")

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Interesting, i also see this in 8.1.13. I had to open and reopen many times to get close to 2,048mb, but it stayed there. Maybe @Kevin.Herron can shed some light?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-3514-ram-usage-never-goes-down-always-rising-when-switching-projects/58440/3 "2022-04-13T22:08:31Z")

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Call support, let them take a look. They may want a backup to see if it’s something about your projects specifically that cause it.

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**Author:** ![josborn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@josborn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/josborn)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-3514-ram-usage-never-goes-down-always-rising-when-switching-projects/58440/4 "2022-04-13T22:15:14Z")

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I did my test cycling between two new projects, zero work had been done in them.

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**Author:** ![josborn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@josborn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/josborn)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-3514-ram-usage-never-goes-down-always-rising-when-switching-projects/58440/5 "2022-04-14T18:35:26Z")

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I contacted support, turns out this is a known bug.

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-3514-ram-usage-never-goes-down-always-rising-when-switching-projects/58440/6 "2022-04-14T18:42:54Z")

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Huh, so it is…

Not sure why I wasn’t able to find that in my initial search.