# A 10 GB Memory Leak Killed My Bluetooth Trackpad: bluetoothd -experimental on Ubuntu

DevFeed: [A 10 GB Memory Leak Killed My Bluetooth Trackpad: bluetoothd -experimental on Ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-10-gb-memory-leak-killed-my-bluetooth-trackpad-bluetoothd-experimental-on-ubuntu-25168.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.ivanmorgillo.com/2026/05/27/bluetoothd-memory-leak-experimental-flag-ubuntu/>)

Author: Ivan Morgillo

Published: 2026-05-27T10:09:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Ivan Morgillo](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ivan-morgillo.md>)

Topics: [Bluetooth](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bluetooth.md>), [Memory Leaks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/memory-leaks.md>), [Ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ubuntu.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Processes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/processes.md>)

Tags: [apple-magic-trackpad](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apple-magic-trackpad.md>), [bluetooth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bluetooth.md>), [experimental](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experimental.md>), [memory-leak](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/memory-leak.md>), [process](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/process.md>), [ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ubuntu.md>)

## AI overview

The article investigates a bluetoothd memory leak on Ubuntu 25.10 associated with the -experimental flag. It describes a Bluetooth trackpad failure after three days of uptime, reports bluetoothd using 10.3 GB of RAM, and presents diagnostic commands and a one-line fix.

## Source excerpt

How a runaway bluetoothd process -- silently leaking memory for three days under the -experimental flag -- quietly killed my Apple Magic Trackpad on Ubuntu 25.10, what the symptoms looked like, and the one-line fix that brought everything back.