# High memory use during assets precompilation

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/high-memory-use-during-assets-precompilation/56526>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [January 28, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/high-memory-use-during-assets-precompilation/56526 "2017-01-28T18:57:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 1:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/high-memory-use-during-assets-precompilation/56526/5 "2024-04-12T13:23:28Z")

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Any progress on this issue? We are seeing 14GB of memory being allocated when creating an EMPTY instance of 3.2.1 before it runs out of memory and dies.

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