# Investigation of a Gradle and IntelliJ IDEA Memory Leak

DevFeed: [Investigation of a Gradle and IntelliJ IDEA Memory Leak](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/let-s-investigate-a-gradle-intellij-memory-leak-25625.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.p-y.wtf/gradle-intellij-memory-leak>)

Author: Pierre-Yves Ricau

Published: 2022-10-12T17:26:46Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Py's blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/py-s-blog.md>)

Topics: [Gradle](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gradle.md>), [Memory Leaks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/memory-leaks.md>), [IntelliJ IDEA](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/intellij-idea.md>), [Java](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/java.md>), [Graphs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphs.md>)

Tags: [garbage-collection](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/garbage-collection.md>), [gc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gc.md>), [gradle](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gradle.md>), [graph](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graph.md>), [idea](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/idea.md>), [intellij](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/intellij.md>), [java](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/java.md>), [leak](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leak.md>), [memory](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/memory.md>), [memory-leak](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/memory-leak.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>)

## AI overview

A team investigation examines a Gradle process memory leak during project import in IntelliJ IDEA. The article describes heap analysis using dominator trees, pending finalization, and paths from GC roots.

## Source excerpt

👋 Hi, this is P.Y., I work as an Android Engineer at Block. This article shares a team investigation by Tony Robalik, Pablo Baxter, Roger Hu and myself into a recent Gradle / IntelliJ memory leak. O