Memory leak detection using real-time memory growth pattern analysis

A method comprising:

• maintaining, by processing circuitry of a network device, one or more ranked lists of a plurality of applications executed by the network device, wherein the one or more ranked lists include a ranked list of the plurality of applications ranked based on a memory growth pattern score for each of the plurality of applications;
• predicting, by the processing circuitry, one or more of the plurality of applications is experiencing a memory leak based on the one or more ranked lists of the plurality of applications;
• and
• based on a prediction that one or more of the plurality of applications is experiencing the memory leak, generating an alert.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by processing circuitry of a network device, cause the processing circuitry to:

• maintain one or more ranked lists of a plurality of applications executed by the network device, wherein the one or more ranked lists include a ranked list of the plurality of applications ranked based on a memory growth pattern score for each of the plurality of applications;
• predict one or more of the plurality of applications is experiencing a memory leak based on the one or more ranked lists of the plurality of applications;
• and
• based on a prediction that one or more of the plurality of applications is experiencing the memory leak, generate an alert.