From d7071d7a4ad55d7eef4ce250ececab61d720cbb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Calhoun <github@davidcalhoun.me>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 10:07:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Prevent GutenbergKit retain cycle

The memory leak likely leads to performance degradations and crashes.
---
 .../NewGutenberg/NewGutenbergViewController.swift    | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/WordPress/Classes/ViewRelated/NewGutenberg/NewGutenbergViewController.swift b/WordPress/Classes/ViewRelated/NewGutenberg/NewGutenbergViewController.swift
index cd9e5ed22d1c..a7f473c72092 100644
--- a/WordPress/Classes/ViewRelated/NewGutenberg/NewGutenbergViewController.swift
+++ b/WordPress/Classes/ViewRelated/NewGutenberg/NewGutenbergViewController.swift
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ class NewGutenbergViewController: UIViewController, PostEditor, PublishingEditor
     private var hasEditorStarted = false
     private var isModalDialogOpen = false
 
-    lazy var autosaver = Autosaver() {
-        self.performAutoSave()
+    lazy var autosaver = Autosaver() { [weak self] in
+        self?.performAutoSave()
     }
 
     // MARK: - Private Properties
@@ -197,6 +197,14 @@ class NewGutenbergViewController: UIViewController, PostEditor, PublishingEditor
 
     deinit {
         tearDownKeyboardObservers()
+
+        // Cancel any pending tasks
+        editorLoadingTask?.cancel()
+
+        // Clean up child view controller
+        editorViewController.willMove(toParent: nil)
+        editorViewController.view.removeFromSuperview()
+        editorViewController.removeFromParent()
     }
 
     // MARK: - Lifecycle methods