Mistral documents a kernel-level method for finding a vLLM memory leak
Mistral traced a 400MB-per-minute host-memory increase under production-like vLLM traffic through Python profiling, allocation analysis and kernel tracing until it found a dependency-layer interaction.
Why it matters: Inference leaks can hide below application heaps and pass short tests, making layered observability and sustained load reproduction essential before production rollout.