Spot the performance bottleneck
Use the performance pattern detector to practice identifying common performance issues from dashboard widget patterns.
The detector shows 4 simulated dashboard widgets, each displaying a distinct performance issue. The widgets start unlabeled — examine each chart pattern and try to identify what issue it represents before clicking to reveal the diagnosis.
The four patterns from the video are: CPU contention (sustained high CPU with flat traffic), external call latency (duration spikes to downstream services), intermittent errors (periodic error count spikes), and memory leaks (gradual steady increase over days).
Question: Which dashboard pattern indicates a memory leak?
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