Memory leak - RAM runs full and crashes the game

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Technical Support
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Issue Description:
Memory bleeding/ leak. Game starts fine, but after mere minutes the RAM is full (like 12GB of 16 total) and it gets unplayable. Some seconds later it crashes.

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Start game.
  2. Watch RAM fill up
  3. Run through Mourningstar
  4. Notice lag and screen tear, loss of control
  5. Check on RAM and see that Darktide uses 96%
  6. Try to start a mission
    …
    CTD

Was NOT in any of the betas, just started with the release. Betas were smooth.

Mission Name (If Applicable):
It seems every mission, even the Mourningstar itself (possibly even the main menu)

Platform:
Steam

Player ID:
WSkD

Approx. Time of Issue & Timezone:
[11/30/2022, 08:00PM] [UTC+1]

Reproduction Rate:
Constant (100%)

Upload Supporting Evidence:
None

Upload Console Log:
console-2022-11-30-18.55.48-1f1e3d49-861d-4e7c-835e-3f6cae1fbefd.log (240.9 KB)
console-2022-11-30-19.36.23-2d31c625-986b-4e0d-9321-895c4005b832.log (226.2 KB)
console-2022-11-30-20.06.38-6fb46faa-28df-4b24-aff5-d649b7d90568.log (186.5 KB)

Upload darktide_launcher.log:
darktide_launcher_forFS.log (580.6 KB)

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We’ll check it out. Thank you for your report.

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Thank you, I got another log. I tried other settings, did not work.
console-2022-11-30-22.54.57-0cbd8e38-2c50-47f0-811d-9323d1eec38c.log (281.1 KB)

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I got the exact same issue, happens 100% of the time.
Prior to beta ending everything was flying smooth. Now, the moment I log in I am on a timer.
I literally just loaded up, turned on Task Manager and I can watch the RAM usage rise by 60mb a tick without end. 5 Minutes later, it hits 100% RAM and crashes everything.
When I do play for a bit I notice MASSIVE frame drops and freezes and my GPU drops to low or 0% during those. Sometimes they’re so bad they crash to desktop before even the memory leak kills.
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