increased memory causes OOM

[erfinbadrian]

Description

For several minutes memory usage always increases until it causes OOM

Version

stable - v4.0.1

Present Behaviour

Command :
./lighthouse bn --disable-upnp --network mainnet --execution-endpoint http://localhost:8551 --execution-jwt /home/ozard/nodes/prysm/jwt.hex --debug-level=info --metrics --validator-monitor-auto --suggested-fee-recipient 0x90D9bA78BdebE13B91426210E6F7e802A4E640fE --checkpoint-sync-url=https://beaconstate.info

Expected Behaviour

Stable

Steps to resolve

Please describe the steps required to resolve this issue, if known.

[michaelsproul]

We are tracking this here (#4918) and working on a new release to fix it as a matter of high urgency.

[michaelsproul]

In your screenshot, Lighthouse is only using 4.5GB of memory (the RES column), so maybe you have something else that contributes to the OOM as well.