From ea97826cccaa5f076054f8c40479afa725b2c165 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Edler <david.edler@canonical.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2025 14:06:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(instance) avoid memory leak on uploading external files.
 fixes #1087

Signed-off-by: David Edler <david.edler@canonical.com>
---
 src/util/uploadExternalFormatFile.tsx | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/util/uploadExternalFormatFile.tsx b/src/util/uploadExternalFormatFile.tsx
index f5109c0e88..8621ac4b39 100644
--- a/src/util/uploadExternalFormatFile.tsx
+++ b/src/util/uploadExternalFormatFile.tsx
@@ -117,7 +117,10 @@ export const sendFileByWebSocket = (
         onProgress(sentFileSize, file.size);
       }
 
-      readNextFileChunk();
+      // setTimeout is used to prevent the stack from increasing and
+      // causing a memory leak on larger files,
+      // because readNextFileChunk is called recursively
+      setTimeout(readNextFileChunk, 0);
     };
 
     reader.onerror = (e) => {