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Here some examples of memory leaks:
https://xcancel.com/neogoose_btw/status/1968757466570621251
https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/finding-a-vs-code-memory-leak/
https://yngve.vivaldi.net/amd-you-infected-my-pc-with-zombies/
https://github.com/dotnet/wpf/issues/7704
https://cyberinsider.com/new-intel-cpu-flaw-bypasses-spectre-v2-defenses-to-leak-kernel-memory/
https://github.com/grpc/grpc-node/issues/2893
Did you just ask ChatGPT to give you a list of articles with the word "leak" in them? I haven't gone through all of them, but I see two of them are Windows zombie process bugs, one is an Intel branch predictor attack, one is the example in the OP (which you posted...)
I don't use ChatGPT. I found that list in a one-minute search on Hacker News, and the only point my comment adresses is the factually wrong statement that memory leaks are not a problem.
Two things:
I never claimed that memory leaks are not a problem. It seems you misread my original comment.
Only like one or two of the links you posted are potentially related to memory leaks at all. It seems you misread the list of articles you found.
Reading comprehension is an important skill to master, as it's useful no matter what you do in life. If no one has ever pointed out this deficiency, I hope you take it as a hint to guide your personal improvement journey (which is my intention) rather than a petty dunk from an internet rando (which is not my intention)