# Investigating a Suspected Memory Leak in JetBrains Jewel with JVM Heap Analysis

DevFeed: [Investigating a Suspected Memory Leak in JetBrains Jewel with JVM Heap Analysis](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-one-liner-that-was-eating-our-memory-daniel-bertoldi-38330.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://touchlab.co/the-one-liner-that-was-eating-our-memory>)

Published: 2026-07-28T18:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Touchlab | Enterprise Mobile Innovation & Development](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/touchlab-enterprise-mobile-innovation-development.md>)

Topics: [Memory Leaks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/memory-leaks.md>), [Compose](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/compose.md>), [compose-multiplatform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/compose-multiplatform.md>), [jetbrains](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jetbrains.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ide.md>)

Tags: [compose](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compose.md>), [compose-multiplatform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compose-multiplatform.md>), [dump](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dump.md>), [eclipse](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eclipse.md>), [heap](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/heap.md>), [jetbrains](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jetbrains.md>), [kotlin-multiplatform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin-multiplatform.md>), [memory-leak](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/memory-leak.md>)

## AI overview

The article investigates a suspected memory leak in the JetBrains Jewel project, a Compose Multiplatform library targeting desktop applications. It explains using JVM-specific tools, including heap dumps and Eclipse Memory Analyzer Tool, to examine retained heap and identify possible memory-retention issues.

## Source excerpt

A kinda-brief tale about a memory leak, a heap dump, and a one-line fix.