3GB less RAM usage after today's update

I mean, that’s a good thing, right?
I am using Manjaro stable and got the latest update today (Feb 4th). Before the update I had 7GB of RAM usage (out of 16GB) and today it’s only 4.2GB with the same apps open.

What happened?

Some program had a memory leak which got fixed with a new version.

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Seems likely.

  • One of the apps has been optimized?
  • You have lesser tabs open in Firefox (any browser)?
  • One of the apps got a bugfix (perhaps)?
  • You never restart your computer?
    • this is normal if you are that kind of user
    • memory usage will build-up (cache) which will reset after a restart
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Please, I’m not a beginner.
If it isn’t some very obvious change in the kernel or KDE, which you would have answered, then this must have been some kind of major memory leak in an app. Would really like to know which one, though.
Thank you.