Feature #7782

Warn the user when available RAM / memory is low

Added by emmapeel 2014-08-14 14:56:01 . Updated 2019-01-23 13:13:28 .

Status:
Confirmed
Priority:
Normal
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Start date:
2014-08-14
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% Done:

0%

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Type of work:
Research
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Description

From a user point of view, being warned when the computer is running low of RAM might be useful to understand why some software crashes or the computer gets slower or freeze, and take the needed action to remove stuff or close programs.

Marking this as a research ticket for the moment.

Subtasks

Related issues

Related to Tails - Feature #14544: Spend software developer time on smallish UX improvements In Progress 2018-08-31
Related to Tails - Feature #5502: Next time we bump RAM requirements: notify user at runtime if RAM requirements are not met Confirmed
Blocked by Tails - Feature #10060: Warn when the in-memory filesystem is getting full Confirmed 2015-08-18
Blocked by Tails - Feature #10064: Warn when persistent volume is getting full Confirmed 2015-08-20

History

#1 Updated by sajolida 2014-08-15 08:56:47

  • Tracker changed from Bug to Feature
  • Description updated
  • Status changed from New to Confirmed
  • Type of work changed from Code to Research

#2 Updated by BitingBird 2015-01-03 03:45:46

If the ticket is Research, it should be clear what is to be searched. Possible implementations ? Existing implementations ?

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2015-01-03 10:52:49

> If the ticket is Research, it should be clear what is to be searched. Possible implementations ? Existing implementations ?

  • How exactly to notify the user?
  • When exactly to notify the user? What kind of memory usage should we look for? What’s the limit?
  • Shall the notification be repeated? If yes, how often?
  • Shall we notify the user when RAM usage gets back to a non-low level?

#4 Updated by Anonymous 2018-08-18 13:02:12

  • related to Feature #10060: Warn when the in-memory filesystem is getting full added

#5 Updated by Anonymous 2018-08-18 13:02:43

  • Subject changed from Warn the user when available RAM is low to Warn the user when available RAM / memory is low

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2018-08-18 14:33:04

  • related to deleted (Feature #10060: Warn when the in-memory filesystem is getting full)

#7 Updated by sajolida 2018-08-25 10:11:33

  • related to Feature #14544: Spend software developer time on smallish UX improvements added

#8 Updated by sajolida 2019-01-18 16:19:36

  • related to Feature #10060: Warn when the in-memory filesystem is getting full added

#9 Updated by sajolida 2019-01-18 16:19:52

  • related to Feature #5502: Next time we bump RAM requirements: notify user at runtime if RAM requirements are not met added

#10 Updated by intrigeri 2019-01-23 13:11:34

  • related to deleted (Feature #10060: Warn when the in-memory filesystem is getting full)

#11 Updated by intrigeri 2019-01-23 13:11:42

  • blocked by Feature #10060: Warn when the in-memory filesystem is getting full added

#12 Updated by intrigeri 2019-01-23 13:11:53

  • blocked by Feature #10064: Warn when persistent volume is getting full added

#13 Updated by intrigeri 2019-01-23 13:13:28

Let’s do Feature #10060 and Feature #10064 first, which will give us a framework into which this can integrated and avoid notifying twice about 2 symptoms of the same problem.