Why is my Portainer Edge Agent using a large amount of memory?

Problem

Some users have experienced excessive memory usage from the Portainer Edge Agent running on their devices. After restarting the container, memory usage typically drops back but gradually climbs again over time.

Cause

This issue is caused by a memory leak affecting Edge Agent versions from 2.21.3 up until the fix introduced in version 2.26. These versions are known to exhibit abnormal memory growth during runtime.

Resolution

The memory leak was resolved in version 2.26. Updating the Edge Agent to 2.26 or higher will resolve the issue.