How do I find memory issues in Node.js?
Take heap snapshots with the Node.js inspector. Compare snapshots over time to find growing objects, which point to memory leaks or excessive allocation. This is the standard way to debug memory issues in production.
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Use the CPU profiler to find the bottleneck, --trace-deopt to check for deoptimization, heap snapshots for memory issues, event loop monitoring for blocking code, clinic.js for blocking detection, and --trace-warnings for performance warnings.
Run with the --trace-deopt flag. This shows deoptimization events, telling you if your code is hitting the optimized path or falling back to interpreted bytecode. It reveals why a function is slower than expected.
Blocking the event loop with synchronous code. This stops all requests while the blocking code runs. Use tools like clinic.js and event loop lag monitoring to detect blocking operations and long-running synchronous code.
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