#dom-references

Persistent DOM references retained by Web Worker message handlers across message cycles

This question addresses the persistence of DOM node references within a long-running HTML5 Web Worker across repeated message cycles. The goal is to determine whether unattached DOM elements retained by message handlers accumulate in the browser's heap and affect worker termination behavior. A key uncertainty involves how browser memory profilers distinguish

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