Issues

• [FR] extend --prefer with preference order

  rfjakob/earlyoom#404 · Filter by author charger89 opened on Nov 3, 2026

• [readme] Add notes on coredumpctl configuration

  rfjakob/earlyoom#368 · Filter by author naikymen opened on Mar 3, 2026
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• Option for enthusiastic behavior when memory *or* swap is below the minimum

  rfjakob/earlyoom#361 · Filter by author TheBrokenRail opened on Jan 28, 2026
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• Unable to install and run daemon

  rfjakob/earlyoom#359 · Filter by author tansy opened on Jan 25, 2026
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• Implement an optional method using sigstop/sigcont instead of sigkill

  rfjakob/earlyoom#357 · Filter by author gto2023 opened on Dec 31, 2025
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• Add configurable proactive low-memory warning notification before killing

  rfjakob/earlyoom#355 · Filter by author benedictjohannes opened on Nov 23, 2025

• earlyoom kills wrong processes first due to oom_score_adj

  bug outside earlyoom
  rfjakob/earlyoom#344 · Filter by author vinc17fr opened on Aug 4, 2025
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• RFE: make earlyoom zfs arc aware ?

  rfjakob/earlyoom#339 · Filter by author devZer0 opened on Jul 10, 2025
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• Allow --prefer,--ignore,--avoid to filter on /proc/procid/cmdline

  rfjakob/earlyoom#333 · Filter by author feberbo opened on Dec 3, 2024
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• Support for earlyoom for containerized environments.

  rfjakob/earlyoom#331 · Filter by author amannijhawan opened on Nov 21, 2024
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• Add -N args, but script not work, how to fix it?

  rfjakob/earlyoom#323 · Filter by author axiaoxin opened on Aug 6, 2024
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• MemAvailable inaccurate, causing earlyoom to not kill processes in low memory scenarios

  bug outside earlyoom
  rfjakob/earlyoom#320 · Filter by author L1Z3 opened on Jun 28, 2024
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• Strict focus on certain processes?

  rfjakob/earlyoom#319 · Filter by author ghomem opened on Jun 25, 2024

• Large lingering mmaps that apparently could be paged out seem to instead cause large memory crashes

  bug
  rfjakob/earlyoom#318 · Filter by author ell1e opened on Jun 6, 2024
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• Earlyoom works only with zram ?

  question
  rfjakob/earlyoom#307 · Filter by author Augusto7743 opened on Feb 16, 2024
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• What kind of regexes are used for --prefer and --avoid, and how can I test them?

  enhancement
  rfjakob/earlyoom#285 · Filter by author Holmes5 opened on Jan 5, 2023
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• How to prevent some tabs in Chromium from being killed?

  rfjakob/earlyoom#280 · Filter by author ceremcem opened on Oct 19, 2022
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• Disclaimer about chromium and electron apps being premature victims on larger systems

  rfjakob/earlyoom#261 · Filter by author JPvRiel opened on Oct 7, 2021

• [Suggestion] Allow for overkill to make restoring easier

  rfjakob/earlyoom#260 · Filter by author konstantinua00 opened on Oct 4, 2021
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• Config file hard to find, so do not know how to exclude app

  rfjakob/earlyoom#240 · Filter by author slrslr opened on Jan 31, 2021
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• [Documentation for newcomers / new users of earlyoom]

  rfjakob/earlyoom#211 · Filter by author rubyFeedback opened on Jul 2, 2020
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• Extend regex expressions to match more detailed process info via /proc/PID/cmdline

  rfjakob/earlyoom#196 · Filter by author MurzNN opened on May 8, 2020
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