Copilot Rust SDK patch cuts post-install memory retention by ~99% on macOS
mohamedmansour · x · 2026-09-18
A merged change to the GitHub Copilot Rust SDK reduces memory retained after runtime installation by 99% in macOS benchmarks. The root cause: the installer repeatedly buffered entire native files, and the allocator kept the memory around after those buffers were freed.
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