What we learned from an iOS app OOMs incident

1 · Pinterest · June 3, 2021, 11:04 p.m.
Liang Ma | Software Engineer, App FoundationsIn early 2020, we started seeing significantly elevated out-of-memory (OOM) crashes in the Pinterest iOS app. That incident resulted in a declined Crash-Free Users Rate (CFUR), from the previous 99% to 96%, which was a steep drop. What was going on?We improved many systems along the journey, but those learnings could be a separate blog post. The primary focus of this blog post is to share with the broader iOS community what we have learned through thi...