Memory Leak in javascript Surface Plot for Edge and IE browsers

[omarmussa]

Running the js surface plot example in MS Edge or IE browsers exhibits a memory leak. I used the profile tool in Edge for the surface example (http://codepen.io/plotly/pen/MaxrwW) and did not do anything (no mouse or cursor moves, no interaction with the chart) during the test.

When I run the codepen in Edge, within 100 seconds I can see the memory increase as shown in the screenshot here:

(notice the ramp pattern on upper edge of the total memory used)

When I run the example in Chrome and do a memory profile for 100 seconds it looks like the browser memory is doing a similar ramp pattern but it doesn't appear to have the same leak (maybe Chrome garbage collector is more efficient, not sure). Here is the Chrome profile:

(notice the upper edge of RAM used doesn't appear to ramp over time).

This issue is a major problem for me.

[etpinard]

duplicate of #957