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Memory on an inference server grows slowly all day until the engine OOMs and restarts. Find the leak.

The KV pool is preallocated, so the growth is somewhere the engine does not budget. The answer splits memory into what is fixed and what can grow, turns a growth rate into bytes per request, and uses that one number to rule out half the suspects.

Updated Oct 2026 · Worked answers on inference mechanisms, with calculations, implementation details, and follow-up questions.

The KV pool is preallocated, so the growth is somewhere the engine does not budget. The answer splits memory into what is fixed and what can grow, turns a growth rate into bytes per request, and uses that one number to rule out half the suspects.

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