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Scenario: 1. Create a Web project with VW framework. 2. Switch to the Java tab of the Page1 tab. Click in the editor. 3. Close the project. 4. Hit garbage collect several times. In the profiler tool you will see that the static fields of OpenEditors, HintsUI and JavaSource are holding on to instances of JsfJavaEditorSupport$JsfEditorTopComponent. See attached screenshot from OptimizeIt!
Created attachment 42660 [details] Memory leak from static fields
Please note that these fields hold only one editor. So this is not a cumulative memory leak. Covered by issue #100753. *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 100753 ***