Tracking down a memory leak in Node.js and Socket.IOIf you are running Node.js 0.8 and Socket.IO over HTTPS then you will be affected by this memory leak. See the bottom of the post for details of a fix. Node.js is a great bit of kit, but it’s still a relatively young technology. I was bitten by this recently when I had to investigate a large memory leak in one of the Node.js apps I maintain. There are tools that can help to track down these sorts
https proxy: socket hang up · Issue #36 · http-party/node-http-proxy
HTTPS fails with 'socket hang up' · Issue #939 · nodejs/node-v0.x-archive
