# Unbounded Memory Growth

> Accumulating state without bound so memory usage grows until the process exhausts it.

Record: `lex:unbounded-memory-growth`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-unbounded-memory-growth

## category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## referenced-by

- [Space Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/space-complexity.md)