Another chain to the GC root looks like: WeakReference BindingHelperObserver InvalidationListener[] ExpressionHelper$Generic Node$NodeTransformation$2 Node$NodeTransformation StackPane ProgressBarSkin ProgressBar
On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 2:28 PM, Scott Palmer <swpal...@gmail.com> wrote: > I searched the bug database and though ProgressBar leaks have been > reported before, they are supposed to be fixed in 8u40. I'm seeing tons of > leaks in 8u40. > > Comparing heap dumps with jvisualvm I see in three minutes that my app has > accumulated 11,000 WeakReference and BindingHelperObserver objects that > appear to be associated with the ProgressBarSkin. > > The chain to the GC root looks like this: > > WeakReference > BindingHelperObserver > InvalidationListener[] > ExpressionHelper$Generic > ProgressBarSkin$1 > ProgressBarSkin > ProgressBar > > My application needs to run for a long time. (Streaming realtime video - > i.e. a TV station broadcast for hours if not weeks at a time...) > > I suspect this may be a regression in 8u40. I will try to get that > confirmed. > > Scott >