Constantly creating GraphicsBuffers is eventually freezing the editor | Official Unity Discord | Page 1

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I'm using a Macbook with the Metal backend. I'm using the HDRP in Unity 6.2.

Due to an error in my code, my script is creating a small GraphicsBuffer every single frame.

I noticed that this causes the editor to freeze if I hide the editor window for a minute or so. The freeze doesn't happen if the window is visible (it doesn't have to be focused).

The hang happens on this line:

var array = dataBuffer.LockBufferForWrite<uint>(0, 4);

I'm guessing that, because the editor is completely hidden, a huge queue of uploads is piling up. I tried switching from LateUpdate to subscribing to RenderPipelineManager.beginCameraRendering, but this didn't help (and I can see my code is still running once per frame, even with the editor hidden).

Obviously, I'm going to fix the bug, but I'm curious if:

This is why the freeze is happening
I can do anything to detect and prevent this

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It takes about a minute, during which time almost 10,000 buffers are being created

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As long as the editor is visible, it's okay

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and yes: fixing the buffer spam has prevented the freezing

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I don't expect buffers to change that often (it only updates this buffer when a feature is added or removed...which is only going to happen once upon entity creation, really)

#Constantly creating GraphicsBuffers is eventually freezing the editor