Persistent Memory Usage by Python After Exiting and Restarting Stable Diffusion Web UI with Control+C

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I commonly exit the Stable Diffusion Web UI using Control+C and have noticed a recurring problem. After exiting and then restarting the Web UI, Python occupies approximately 10GB of memory even though no tasks are running. If I switch the checkpoint to a different one than was used prior to exiting, the idle memory usage slightly decreases.
I have tried reinstalling Stable Diffusion Web UI, and indeed there were no issues upon the initial launch. That's why I said the problem occurs after exiting with Control+C

Environment:
OS: macOS 14
Chip: Apple M3 Max
Memory: 128GB

Steps to Reproduce:

Launch Stable Diffusion Web UI.
Generate an image.
Exit the application by pressing Control+C.
Reopen the application.

Expected Behavior:
Upon reopening, memory usage should be minimal when no tasks are active.

Actual Behavior:
About 10GB of memory is occupied by the Python process with no active tasks, affecting system performance and resource management.

Additional Information:
Upon exiting, messages similar to the following are displayed (each time slightly different but similar, all indicating that something was not cleaned up properly, though I'm not sure how to clean it):

^CInterrupted with signal 2 in <frame at 0x3545dabd0, file '/opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/3.10.14/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/threading.py', line 324, code wait> user@MacBook-Pro stable-diffusion-webui % /opt/homebrew/Cellar/[email protected]/3.10.14/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/multiprocessing/resource_tracker.py:224: UserWarning: resource_tracker: There appear to be 1 leaked semaphore objects to clean up at shutdown warnings.warn('resource_tracker: There appear to be %d '

Could someone please assist with this issue? Any advice on how to ensure all resources are properly released upon exit would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks !