fix: timer isn't garbage collected#649
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lewis6991 merged 3 commits intonvim-treesitter:masterfrom Mar 6, 2026
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I found many handler in debug.getregistry() point to here. Close the handler before nullify it.
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I experienced intermittent instability and stuttering in Neovim until identifying this root cause, so I was about to suggest the same PR. In a long session with multiple windows, 1257 leaked timer handles had accumulated causing the nvim process RSS to grow to 6+ GB. ps: nice fork bomb |
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I found many handler in debug.getregistry() point to here.
Close the handler before nullify it.