High memory usage on Windows

[viktorix]

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Steps to reproduce

1. Install Windows client.
2. Open it and leave it.
3. Check task manager for memory usage.

Expected behaviour

Memory usage shouldn't be this high when compared to Brave that has 10 tabs open and Thunderbird. Ideally, when no calls happening, it should be kept closer to 500mb. It's not an exact number, just a recommendation based on other Electron apps I've seen.

Actual behaviour

Having client open, without any calls, memory usage is over 1000MB.

Desktop client

Talk Desktop client version: 1.0.0-rc.1

Operating system: Windows

Operating system version: Windows_NT 10.0.22631 (Windows 11 Home)

Microphone available: yes

Camera available: yes

Server

This client connects to c.nc.c server.

Notes

I know it's difficult to manage memory usage in Electron apps. So one consideration can be to introduce hibernation mode and setting, like many Electron apps do. User sets a specific time of inactivity, let's say 15 min, and if Talk isn't used in 15 min it hibernates to reduce memory usage. User needs to click a button to reload it (ex: Rambox).

[ShGKme]

I know it's difficult to manage memory usage in Electron apps. So one consideration can be to introduce hibernation mode and setting, like many Electron apps do. User sets a specific time of inactivity, let's say 15 min, and if Talk isn't used in 15 min it hibernates to reduce memory usage. User needs to click a button to reload it (ex: Rambox).

I don't think this is Electron itself. RAM usage increases on opening huge chats and decreases after some time. Usually it is about 250-450 MB depending on the system.

[ShGKme]

Can confirm the issue