AI Tooling Finds 8 Long-Standing Memory Leaks in libuv, 9 Fix PRs Filed

steipete · x · 2026-09-25

After ChatGPT kept crashing on macOS 27, steipete used Astra to trace it to a 14-year-old bug in libuv. Running Daybreak next surfaced 8 more long-standing leaks, and he filed 9 fix PRs against libuv covering fsevents, fs-poll, posixspawn fd handling, and CF string releases. His takeaway: care for your OSS dependencies.

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