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.