Picom RAM leak, changed to picom-git and stopped

[Menezess42]

I'm leaving this information here in case someone faces the same issue.

My problem:

I installed picom on my Arch Linux using pacman, and every time I changed the value of corner-radius, the RAM usage started to increase whenever I opened a new window. Additionally, if I started picom in a terminal instead of running it in the background, every time I opened a window, it displayed "Xlib: ignoring invalid extension event 161" or "Xlib: ignoring invalid extension event 146," and my RAM would fill up until the system froze.

My system:

I'm running Arch Linux on my Acer Nitro 5 with an i7 processor and a GTX 1050 Ti mobile GPU. For the dedicated and integrated graphics cards, I'm using the recommended drivers from the ArchWiki installation guide. I'm also using optimus-manager and optimus-manager-qt to switch between dedicated, integrated, or hybrid mode as needed.

Resolution:

I solved this issue by removing picom with "pacman -Rns picom" and installing the git version from AUR using "yay -S picom-git." This resolved my problem. I understand that each case is unique, but for those who might have a similar setup, I'm providing this information here. I also change the backend from xrender to glx.