# WOWZPlayer (Go Coder SDK for iOS) has memory leak.

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/wowzplayer-go-coder-sdk-for-ios-has-memory-leak/52115>\
**Category:** Wowza GoCoder SDK\
**Created:** [October 11, 2018, 5:45am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowzplayer-go-coder-sdk-for-ios-has-memory-leak/52115 "2018-10-11T05:45:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Toshitaka\_Nakagawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@Toshitaka\_Nakagawa](https://community.wowza.com/u/Toshitaka_Nakagawa)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 5:45am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowzplayer-go-coder-sdk-for-ios-has-memory-leak/52115/1 "2018-10-11T05:45:58Z")

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Hi, Wowza Dev team

I found **WOWZPlayer** leaks about 3KB of memory every time play() method is called.

(gocoder-sdk-samples-ios \> PlayerSampleApp.swift \> ViewController.swift \> l.111)

```auto
self.player.play(self.goCoderConfig, callback: self)

```

It occurs in latest **GoCoder SDK for iOS v1.5.1.949** & **gocoder-sdk-samples-ios.**

[https://github.com/WowzaMediaSystems/gocoder-sdk-samples-ios](https://github.com/WowzaMediaSystems/gocoder-sdk-samples-ios)

![](https://www.wowza.com/community/storage/attachments/1464-screen-shot-2018-10-11-at-142251.png)

I think this might be a library’s issue. How do you about this?

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**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowzplayer-go-coder-sdk-for-ios-has-memory-leak/52115/2 "2018-10-12T19:23:27Z")

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Hello @Toshitaka Nakagawa, thank you for this, I have passed it along to tech support for them to test. I will update you soon.

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**Author:** ![Chikkulal\_Chithambar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/858c86/32.png) [@Chikkulal\_Chithambar](https://community.wowza.com/u/Chikkulal_Chithambar)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 8:55am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowzplayer-go-coder-sdk-for-ios-has-memory-leak/52115/3 "2018-11-15T08:55:32Z")

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@Rose Power @Toshitaka Nakagawa We are having a similar issue, were you able to fix it or find the root cause? Please let us know.

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**Author:** ![Sarath\_Kumar\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sarath\_Kumar\_S](https://community.wowza.com/u/Sarath_Kumar_S)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 8:57am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowzplayer-go-coder-sdk-for-ios-has-memory-leak/52115/4 "2018-11-15T08:57:37Z")

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@Toshitaka Nakagawa

have you got solution for this memory leakage issue in ios ?

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**Author:** ![Toshitaka\_Nakagawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@Toshitaka\_Nakagawa](https://community.wowza.com/u/Toshitaka_Nakagawa)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 9:03am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowzplayer-go-coder-sdk-for-ios-has-memory-leak/52115/5 "2018-11-15T09:03:33Z")

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@Chikkulal Chithambaran @Sarath Kumar S Unfortunately I haven’t…

@Rose Power Please let me know if there is any update.

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**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowzplayer-go-coder-sdk-for-ios-has-memory-leak/52115/6 "2018-11-15T16:38:58Z")

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Hello @Toshitaka Nakagawa @Chikkulal Chithambaran .We are not seeing any memory leak issues on our end, so it would help us if we could have an example to look at. Our test remained stable.

Could I ask one of you or both to please submit a support ticket so we may run some tests? That would be much appreciated and we can try and find the cause. Thanks.

[https://www.wowza.com/support/open-ticket](https://www.wowza.com/support/open-ticket)
