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[Bug]: Memory Leak on Repeated /md Requests via Docker (MacOS) — Container Crashes Randomly Over Time

Evidence observed in unclecode/crawl4ai, a Research project.

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DEMAND CONFIDENCE

STRONG ISSUE SUPPORT

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Project strength and demand confidence are measured separately.
SOURCE EVIDENCE

Start with what users actually said

Reporter context: crawl4ai version 0.6.0-r2 or Latest docker image Expected Behavior When sending repeated POST requests to /md every 10 seconds with dynamic URLs, the Docker container should handle each request efficiently without memory leaks or crashes, maintaining stable memory usage over time. Current Behavior Initially,…Excerpted from the public Issue. Read the complete thread before interpreting it.

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RESEARCH VALIDATION LENS

Recruit: Recruit people who can bring a recent literature, evidence-review or source-tracing task.

Guardrail: Measure citation accuracy, coverage and review time; never reward speed at the expense of source fidelity.

01 · Failure recovery

Write the problem hypothesis

For [operator], the workflow fails during [condition], forcing [recovery work] and costing [time, money or trust].

You can name one user, one situation and one measurable consequence without proposing a feature.
02 · EVIDENCE INTERVIEW

Interview five researchers, analysts or librarians

  • Show me the last failure and its logs.
  • What triggered it and how often does it recur?
  • How do you detect it today?
  • What does recovery require?
  • What would a safe failure look like?
At least three people independently describe the same painful workflow with recent examples.
03 · MINIMUM TEST

Run the smallest experiment

Add one narrow guardrail, retry or recovery path around the failing step. Replay three real failure cases and compare recovery time.

The same failure is recovered faster in three real cases without creating a new incident.Measure citation accuracy, coverage and review time; never reward speed at the expense of source fidelity.
04 · DECISION GATE

Make a build decision

  • Build: repeated pain and active commitment
  • Narrow: pain is real but the audience or job differs
  • Stop: weak frequency or no behavioral proof
Do not let GitHub engagement replace direct validation.

Why this brief exists

Information has value only when it changes action. This page turns one public signal into a bounded validation exercise. It is a research aid, not proof of demand, investment advice or a product recommendation.