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Linux server process grows memory and swaps

Duplicati's server process on Linux grows past its memory limit and swaps heavily, often within days of starting.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

10 public reports · first reported 1 September 2026 · last reported 3 September 2026

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

On Fedora, the Duplicati web server process was observed using several gigabytes of memory and large amounts of swap after a few days of running, with system alerts.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

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  • The full summary.
  • The products the 10 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

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