# Memory Leak - Troubleshooting

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/memory-leak-troubleshooting/20389>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [15 January 2020 16:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/memory-leak-troubleshooting/20389 "2020-01-15T16:16:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![wb666greene](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/wb666greene/32/6534_2.png) [@wb666greene](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/wb666greene)\
**Post date:** [15 January 2020 16:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/memory-leak-troubleshooting/20389/3 "2020-01-15T16:39:17Z")

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Just a shot in the dark, but I had similar issue when I first started using node-red.

Turned out, Ii you use an rbe node on binary data its pretty much inevitable.

Here is the followup thread to the original where I stumbled onto the solution:

[https://discourse.nodered.org/t/memory-leak-what-am-i-doing-wrong/627/23](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/memory-leak-what-am-i-doing-wrong/627/23)

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