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ChatGPT desktop 26.810.41047 repeatedly spawns Computer Use workers and crashes with V8 OOM on macOS #38455

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ChatGPT desktop 26.810.41047 repeatedly spawns Computer Use workers and crashes with V8 OOM on macOS#38455
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opened on Aug 13, 2026
  • macOS 15.7.7, Apple Silicon, 32 GB RAM
  • App version 26.810.41047, build 6570
  • Previous version 26.730.61639 worked
  • Reproduces while idle, 98 seconds after launch
  • SIGABRT through node::OOMErrorHandler
  • 316 threads at crash; 187 named computer-use
  • Telemetry showed 78 unexplained child processes consuming about 4.96 GB after 29 seconds
  • Browser and Computer Use flags were explicitly disabled
  • App restored the SkyComputerUseClient notifier at startup
  • Crash incident ID: 096C41F9-EE0C-4136-BEDF-9035077248B7
  • CLI remains healthy; all databases pass integrity/parity checks

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