Feeds / Search application using all of the ram

Anonymous
2022-02-17T10:44:32+00:00

I noticed that the PC started running slow today and opened task manager to see that System, Feeds (Search application) is using CPU and Disk quite heavily and as much ram that it can to pin it to 100%.

Is anyone else experiencing this behavior?

Update: Windows crashed and i restarted, same application started to ramp up again so i ended it.

Looking into events now.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-08-17T01:38:47+00:00

    I have the same problem, this happened just a moment ago. I think this app comes from News and interest, it's on the taskbar and takes up 21GB of RAM. We should blame this file (C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Search_xxxxxxxxxxxxx\SearchApp.exe) for its naughty behavior.

    Is this issue taken seriously by Microsoft?

    My PC's brief information:

    Edition Windows 10 Pro
Version	21H2
Installed on	‎11/‎22/‎2021
OS build	19044.1889
Experience	Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.4180.0
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with Radeon Graphics            3.90 GHz
Installed RAM	32.0 GB (29.9 GB usable)
System type	64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch	No pen or touch input is available for this display
===========================================================================================

OS Name:                   Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
OS Version:                10.0.19044 N/A Build 19044
OS Manufacturer:           Microsoft Corporation
OS Configuration:          Standalone Workstation
OS Build Type:             Multiprocessor Free
System Type:               x64-based PC
Processor(s):              1 Processor(s) Installed.
                           [01]: AMD64 Family 25 Model 80 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~3901 Mhz
BIOS Version:              American Megatrends International, LLC. P1.90, 4/22/2021
Hotfix(s):                 13 Hotfix(s) Installed.
                           [01]: KB5015730
                           [02]: KB5003791
                           [03]: KB5012170
                           [04]: KB5016616
                           [05]: KB5006753
                           [06]: KB5007273
                           [07]: KB5011352
                           [08]: KB5011651
                           [09]: KB5014032
                           [10]: KB5014035
                           [11]: KB5014671
                           [12]: KB5015895
                           [13]: KB5005699

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-07-25T14:22:24+00:00

    I have the same issue with News and Interests using all my RAM. How Can I disable this feature? I don't want or need Windows to provide me with articles containing News or Interests. This is horribly intrusive and a poor customer experience.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-05-01T13:14:54+00:00

    Shame on me that I've trusted Microsoft to download that last Windows update 😥

    Never again...

    Please fix this issue ASAP.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-02-19T08:56:31+00:00

    this happened to me 5 mins ago but my disk usage was also extremely high

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  5. Miroslav Pragl 78,606 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2022-02-17T19:08:17+00:00

    The problem has been reported by many, but not all users. This usually means the problem is not just in the app, but happens in some more or less rare combinations with something. Like I can see dozens of hreads referencing nvidia libraries (kinda unexpected) and obviously lots of Edge webplatform calls.

    Unfortunately the memory leakage NOT happen on my computer, so I cannot participate directly.

    Would you guys have chance to see what threads of Feeds (SearcHapp.exe) are most memory hungry? ProcessExplorer will help.

    MP

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