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Severe Memory Leak in Microsoft Update Assistant on macOS
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Personal experienceImported from BlueskyPublished Oct 15, 2026
Impact: My system locks up, because it sucks up RAM.
From the original report
“when I need to edit my resume, MS Word automatically forces an update check before I can do anything. Every @#$! time, this happens. My system locks up, because it sucks up RAM.”
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Details & sources
- How received
- Imported from Bluesky
- Source published
- Oct 15, 2026
- Observed
- Unknown
- Added to CleanApp
- Oct 15, 2026
- Product connection
- Affected product or place
- Original issue status
- Unknown
- Resolution
- Unknown
- Verification
- Not independently reproduced
Source count unknown
Why this source type: The author describes personally experiencing their system locking up due to MS Word forcing update checks and consuming excessive RAM.
CleanApp AI summary
Severe Memory Leak in Microsoft Update Assistant on macOS: Microsoft Update Assistant on macOS consumes over 106 GB of memory and 44 GB of swap during update checks when launching Microsoft Word. This defect leads to extreme memory pressure and system lockups.
Report counts are not affected-user counts. A closed original issue does not confirm a fix.
Public ID: rpt_5cEBgecaJFiX7pc5SV2mtA