--- title: Did a Linked List ever fail under long-runningsessions? description: A linked list used to queue sync tasks caused gradual memory growth over long-running sessions. The root cause was incomplete node trimming and closure... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/did-a-linked-list-ever-fail-under-long-runningsessions--lutfz0q7g twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Did a Linked List ever fail under long-runningsessions? | daily.dev og:description: A linked list used to queue sync tasks caused gradual memory growth over long-running sessions. The root cause was incomplete node trimming and closure... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/did-a-linked-list-ever-fail-under-long-runningsessions--lutfz0q7g og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/LuTFZ0q7g.png og:image:alt: Did a Linked List ever fail under long-runningsessions? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Did a Linked List ever fail under long-runningsessions? **[Rebeloper](https://daily.dev/sources/rebeloper)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A linked list used to queue sync tasks caused gradual memory growth over long-running sessions. The root cause was incomplete node trimming and closure captures retaining references to completed nodes. The fix involved explicit compaction after each batch and removing closure captures, with strict lifecycle boundaries enforced. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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