Why is my IDE running out memory?

An IDE has certain resource limits, especially for memory. If this memory limit is reached, processes are killed and the IDE might restart.

The IDE memory limit cannot be increased. If a program is frequently running out of memory, you must reduce its memory usage by one of the following methods:

• Check for any known issues related to memory leaks or excessive memory usage.
• Update the program to the latest version. For example, the latest releases of Composer, NPM, and Yarn use much less memory than earlier releases.
• Check if the program has an internal memory limit that is less than the IDE limit. For example, PHP processes have their own memory limit.
• Profile the process by using a debugger to see if memory usage can be reduced. For example, Xdebug can be used to profile the memory usage of PHP scripts.